American Avocets - 08 Aug 2025
With a full charge on the Rad Expand 5 E-Bike I headed back to Point Mouillee to give a full field test. Parking at Mouillee Creek I rode the Middle Causeway out to the Banana Unit and Cell 3. The bike handled great, and I got there 3X faster than with my conventional bike at ⅓ the effort! I reached the SW corner of Cell 4 and found a couple dozen Least Sandpipers, Semipalmated Sandpipers , and Lesser Yellowlegs foraging on the floating flotsam mat. Lighting was poor so photos were poor. Out at Cell 3 I spotted a congregation of American Avocets huddled together near the middle of the pond, and counted 16 birds once I was able to get close enough to scope them. The SE corner held a nice group of roosting Short-billed Dowitchers , and 5 Long-billed Dowitchers among them. At one point I had a Long-billed Dowitcher, Black-necked Stilt, Northern Pintail , and Sora in one field of view through the scope. A few shorebirds were flying so I was able to get flight shots to show wing pa...
