Nonquon Sewage Lagoons

[Mark D]

This afternoon I made a trip to the lagoons.  Most of the birds were in the 2 most easternly lagoons.  There were lots and lots of bonapartes gulls.  Also there were about 30 blue winged teal, 2 adult trumpeter swans with 2 young ones, and 2 black terns.  The water levels are quite high, so the only shorebirds I saw there were some greater and lesser yellowlegs, under a dozen birds between the 2 species.  There was also a merlin on the west end of the lagoons.

Mark

[Mark D]

Went there again today.  Most of the same species:

bonapartes gulls-hundreds
blue winged teal-many flocks from 10 to about 20
great blue herons-3
osprey-watched one fly from the nest at the softball daimond successfully catch a few fish
greater yellowlegs-10
peeps (not sure the species)-1 flock of about 7
mallards-1 large flock
canada geese-1 large flock
trumpeter swans-2 adult, 2 young

Mark