As of about 630pm Wednesday, the birds were much the same as Charlene describes.  Rose Ann spotted a hunting Least Tern amongst the Black Terns between Heron Pond and the observation tower over Ellis Bay.  Joe Eades found a Western Sandpiper at Lincoln Shields, but we left it too late to find the Ruddy Turnstone there.  Joe went on to Alta Villa and saw the two Ruddy Turnstones, Black-bellied Plover and Buff-breasted Sandpipers and NO KNOT.  While Rose Ann and I were admiring these beauties Joe went back to Riverlands and refound the winter-plumaged Red-necked Phalarope only 40 yards or so out, some Bairds Sandpipers, some ordinary Semi-palm Plovers and a Sanderling running around on a rather distant mud flat.  We reversed our course for home and enjoyed scoping all except the Sanderling.  What a day.  Thank you, Charlene and Joe, for sharing your discoveries and re-discoveries.
   
  Jackie Chain
  St Louis County
  ..

Charlene and Jim Malone <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:24:04 -0500
From: Charlene and Jim Malone <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: RMBS - water rising rapidly - NOT
To: [log in to unmask]

The water is rising, but not rapidly.
as of 2:30 or so PM when I left, there were plenty of mudflats.
Don't know about tomorrow. Dam gates were wide open still. 


Alta Villa Rd off of Hwy 94
NO KNOT
one B-B plover
one B-B sandpiper
2 RUDDY TURNSTONES

Riverlands MBS
- Ellis Bay
one LEAST TERN - 1st winter in with Black terns
12 or so Black terns
7 Forster's terns
several Caspian terns
one RED-NECKED PHALAROPE - in a pool of water closer to the dam.
- Linc. Shields
one winter plumaged RUDDY TURNSTONE

Probably other stuff I was missing.

Later,
Charlene Malone



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlene and Jim Malone" <[log in to unmask]>
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:47 AM
Subject: RMBS - water rising rapidly


> Phone msg from Dave Rogles:
> 
> Water at Riverlands MBS is rising rapidly.
> Some of the mudflats from yesterday are gone.
> Still present are:
> Red-necked Phalarope
> Sanderlings
> 3 very light colored Semi-palmated sandpipers
> Forster's terns - no commons
> 
> Too bad...... that will end the shorebird habitat in the St. L area.
> 
> Later,
> Charlene Malone
> St. Louis co. .
> 

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