Gone to the Birds

We went to Morse, Saskatchewan again. We’ve been there many times before (see a previous post on my former blog). The main attraction is Reed Lake and its many thousands of nesting or migrant shorebirds.

It’s a shallow intermittent saline lake and it along with Chaplin and Old Wives lakes, are part of a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site – one of the most important inland sites for migratory birds in North America.

American Avocet - Click for larger

This trip would not disappoint. There were hundreds, perhaps thousands of American Avocets.

American Avocet - Click for larger

But there were also Marbled Godwits,

Marbled Godwit - Click for larger

Willets, Phalaropes, and Franklin's Gulls - to name a few.

Willet - Click for larger

We even caught a glimpse of a pair of Black-necked Stilts - a first for us. It was a good day to go to the birds!