Shorebirds?

["Neville, Ann (KUCC)" <aneville at kennecott dot com>]

I was out at Farmington Bay - south end on Saturday afternoon.  I did the 
7 mile dike loop from the Bountiful Pond parking lot - going west (from 
the south end of the Landfill), then curves north, then east then south 
again parelelling the landfill.  On the west side of the dike where I 
think the New State duck club abuts FBWMA I thought I saw a small flock of 
very small birds.  I watched them for around 5 minutes flying around like 
peeps.  I didn't have my binos because I'm stupid enough to be training 
for a race and . . . well anyway.  I've never seen horned larks en masse 
at FBWMA and they weren't really acting like larks, but it sure seems 
early for peeps.  If anybody is going out on the dikes (Bill), take a 
close look for me.  The storm could have blown them away, but . . .

Other birds I did see were Canada Geese, one swan, coot, ruddy duck, 
pie-billed grebe, CA gull, probably Herring gull, there were at least 
three sizes of gull out there - and lots of them, GBH, bald eagles, 
harrier, song sparrows, red-winged blackbird, raven, and heard marsh wren. 
No other ducks other than the ruddy.  The geese seem to be pairing up.

Ann

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