Sad sight down at La Presa today. The place is totally dried up, following weeks of the water being drained from the dam. About 60 Coots poked around a few remaining muddy patches and a lone Shoveler sat mournfully by a stagnant puddle.
How different from a few weeks ago when the reservoir was covered in tens of thousands of ducks and grebes. These birds have been forced prematurely to leave their wintering grounds, and the thousands of migrating waders which would have used this place as a stop-over site must now look elsewhere.
At the Barco, a natural pool close to where Collegio Victoria, some water still remains, and an evening visit here brought 5 different species of wader - Least Sandpiper (5), Spotted Sandpiper (4), Black-necked Stilt (4), Killdeer (6) and Greater Yellowlegs (1).
Spotted Sandpiper entering breeding plumage
Black-necked Stilts and Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
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