Pre-100's Birding - 29 Jun 2026
We are at the beginning of a week-long heat wave with temperatures reaching upper 90's tomorrow and Wednesday and heat indexes in the mid-100's! So, I went birding this evening while the temperature was only 85ºF and heat index 96ºF. I arrived at Mouillee Creek late this afternoon and found the Great Justin Labadie parked and getting ready to head out along the Middle Causeway. We chatted and agreed to check Cell 3, the Pump House, and call it an evening. Wind was blowing well enough this evening that I removed the hat. Skies were clear and Pt. Mouillee was expectedly on the quiet side. We rode the Middle Causeway to the Banana and south to Cell 3 where we found the cut trail and waded into the vegetation. Overhead a pair of Black-necked Stilts were making noise among dozens of Tree and Bank Swallows . Cell 3 was hosting almost 100 Mallard as a tight flock. We'd find 4 Black-necked Stilts on the mud flat in front of us and a small roost of Caspian Tern, Ring-billed Gull a...
