This afternoon was spent at Reifel helping out on the trails. Recent birds of note were Evening Grosbeak, Palm Warbler, White-throated Sparrow and hundreds of Greater White-fronted Geese. With this in mind the first stop was the lookout by Fuller’s Slough where the Palm Warbler had been seen. While I saw several Yellow-rumped, there was no Palm. Then it was down the east dyke trail,
… where the Greater White-fronted Geese were in the freshly harvested potato fields in the neighbouring Alaksen National Wildlife Area. There were over 400 hundred counted today. Continuing along the east dyke trail I was keeping an eye open for the White-throated Sparrow, but there was not much chance of it coming out with all the people. Next stop was the lookout at the northwest corner of the west field.
The Sora are still present,
… with two of them showing well to the delight of many visitors.
Better yet, they even provided some great photo opportunities. On checking the rest of the west and southwest fields, there were the usual Dowitchers and Yellowlegs. The Hudsonian Godwit has not been seen again since Tuesday. At the end of the day I made my way back along the east dyke trail. With no traffic the sparrows were coming out onto the trail,
… and the White-throated Sparrow among them. A good finish to the day.