This small, shallow pond is located at the corner of Eola and Swenson roads.
It is fed by a canal which connects Lake Law with
the Main Ring cooling ponds. In drier weather this is one of the first ponds to
dry up, exposing good shore bird habitat, and in wetter seasons it floods into
the horse paddock on the other side of Swenson road. Despite unpromising
appearances, the pond and adjacant paddock have produced a surprising number of
rarites over the years and is always worth checking during shorebird and
waterfowl migration seasons. Some of the more unusual birds found here include
a "plegadis" ibis (either a Glossy Ibis
or a White-faced Ibis) in 1999, an
American White Pelican in
1995, a Little Blue Heron in
1994, Cattle Egrets (horse paddock),
Ross's Geese (horse paddock),
Greater White-fronted
Geese (horse paddock), King Rail
in 1996, and an American Avocet in
1992.
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