5/01 Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary (RMBS)

5/01/2019 Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Riverlands/RMBS)
This is what Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary (RMBS/Riverlands) looked like on 5/01/19.
On 5/07 the flood peaked at ~34.4, 21 feet over the flood stage.

A few of the birds seen, complete set and larger sizes in galleries.
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Photos above were shot from Riverlands Way on the levee just east of Heron Pond.
The rails and bitterns were found in marsh below, close to the road.

Road to Ellis Island Parking Lot and under bridge to Lincoln Shields Area

Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary

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A few of the birds seen, complete set and larger sizes in gallery.
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American Bittern

Common Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat

Red-winged Blackbird

Virginia Rail

Forster's Tern

Sora

American Bittern

American White Pelicans

Spillway at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Forster's Tern

American White Pelicans

American Bittern

American Bittern

American Bittern

Willets
Counted 27 spread up the trail

Willets
Counted 27 spread up the trail

Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

Photos from gallery