Shipman's field notes, Sep 2002

Route 0715-1000, Percha Wildlife Habitat Area, immediately north of PD. Due to a recent ankle injury I didn't feel safe wandering alone inside the area, so I worked the very south end and then the entire western fence. The fence along the south side does not extend quite to the river, so there's access to the extreme southeast corner (when there isn't a clown with two nasty dogs camped there like last April), but not far north there is a new watercourse that prevents access to anything further north. 1000-1130, Percha Dam SP. 1330-1500, Bosque del Apache NWR. Very slow. The former night heron roost at the east end of the central road is now dry and devoid of herons. The staff tell me that the night herons can be seen along the seasonal road, but that road is closed now. The only shorebird habitat I could find was the Marsh Boardwalk at the southwest corner of the loop, which has some mudflats due to lower water levels, but very few birds.