Towheeblog

Here’s is Shannon Rio’s description of what she found at TUle Lake NWR ths past week. Keep in mind most of Lower Klamath NWR is powder dry so water-requirinig birds from stilt to pelicanhave moved elsewhere. There is water in Upper Klamath Lake, of course.

“So tule sump A has been drained into tule sump B to prevent sump A from being a shallow pool of botulism.  I counted 7000 phalaropes in sump B.  
“Another phenomena from our visit to the refuge this week is that there is a cricket infestation.  Large yellow crickets hit the windshield sounding like hail.  This occurs in pockets of land primarily around Stateline and Fugate [intersection].  The gulls love eating crickets.  I have seen this before and it is pretty amazing.”

The gulls are going to be Ring-billed and California.

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