Date: 7/12/25 11:31 am From: Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> Subject: [ia-bird] Shorebirds returning in Hamilton Co.
A mixed flock of shorebirds this morning was on the private wetland along the S side of 390th St. in Hamilton Co., just north of Bjorkboda Marsh. All were feeding in that shallow marsh, and this is the most I've seen there since May, so it's likely this is just a start of the southern migration for shorebirds (there was also a variety reported in the Mason City/Clear Lake area earlier this week).
At this morning's site in southern Hamilton Co. there was a total of about 31 (I might have missed a couple): 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 10 Least Sandpipers, 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 6 Solitary Sandpipers, plus about 11 Killdeer.
