Kip’s Comments - September 3, 2023

Sep 3

Drought = Easy Pickings for Shorebirds

I may be wrong, but it certainly appears to me that the shorebirds are making the best of our drought. What remains of shallow, isolated pools of water tend to host fish and amphibians that shorebirds - like green herons - recognize. I watched this one eat many times in a half-hour time span. No fish was safe from this heron.