Friends and fellow Dallas Retirement Village residents, Ron and Dot David, accompanied Jeanette and I on this early morning bird walk to Morgan Lake at
Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge. September 30th is the end of the open season for this access trail from Smithfield Road, with winter closure until April 1st, so its import to visit this week if you want a chance to see the incoming waterfowl.
American Pipits, a winter migrant, were digging deep into the muck of the recently drained reservoir of Morgan Lake for mollusks and crustaceans. I believe it's a normal practice to drain the lake be able to flood the lower elevation ponds in the refuge.
American Crows were busy taking advantage of the exposed lakebed to capture food, in this case tiny frogs.
Ron reviews the Merlin app on his smart phone for bird sound identifications, while Jeanette enters the identifications into the
eBird Checklist.
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