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We went to Morse, Saskatchewan again. We’ve been there many times before (see a previous post on my former blog). The main attraction is Reed Lake and its many thousands of nesting or migrant shorebirds.

It’s a shallow intermittent saline lake and it along with Chaplin and Old Wives lakes, are part of a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site – one of the most important inland sites for migratory birds in North America.[Image]American Avocet - Click for larger
This trip would not disappoint. There were hundreds, perhaps thousands of American Avocets.[Image]American Avocet - Click for larger
But there were also Marbled Godwits,[Image]Marbled Godwit - Click for larger
Willets, Phalaropes, and Franklin's Gulls - to name a few.[Image]Willet - Click for larger
We even caught a glimpse of a pair of Black-necked Stilts - a first for us. It was a good day to go to the birds!