A beautiful day and lots of people out enjoying it at Reifel this afternoon. There was some activity in the outer ponds with Dunlin, Western Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs and Long-billed Dowitcher present.
The highlight though was this lone Wilson’s Phalarope.
Even better was that it was coming in close to the dyke trail.
It was getting everyone’s attention,
… which is not so hard being quite pretty and standing out from the crowd.
At the end of the day on my way out I stopped by the inner pond to check for the Cinnamon Teal which was seen again earlier in the day.
It was initially foraging back in the reeds,
… but with a little patience it did make its way somewhat closer. The fact nobody else was around probably helped as they are usually quite shy and leery of people. A nice end to a fun afternoon.