High Tides Bringing Shorebirds to DeKorte

IMG_9831DeKorte has had enough mudflats of late to attract some migrating shorebirds at high tide elsewhere. We saw Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers. Dunlin have also been reported.

Today's (Friday's) high tide was roughly around 12:30 p.m. Saturday it will be roughly 1:30, and Sunday it'll be roughly 2:30 (but hard to say that any will still be around, given the snow in the forecast).

There has been a nice little stretch of mud on the right side of the Marsh Discovery Trail, a bit after the first learning station on the right…IMG_9893

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