After school on Thursday (15 Sep) I snuck down to the Mecox cut for about 15 minutes of birding on my way home from a food run to King Kullen. The flats have shrunk considerably, but there was still a good variety of birds present.
The highlight for me were the 145 Black Skimmers, almost all of which were birds born this past summer. In addition I also saw 1 Royal Tern, 4 Black Terns, and about 15-20 Forster's Terns.
Five Blue-winged Teal in eclipse plumage were the first migratory ducks I have seen at Mecox this season.
There was still a good variety of shorebirds on the flat, but the howling wind prevented me from identifying anything unusual.
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145 Black Skimmers!! Very nice
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