Debbie Segal just called at 9:50. She’d walked out the La Chua Trail and was standing at Gator Point, the sharp turn just before the final approach to the observation platform. Flocks of shorebirds, probably forced down by the rain, were moving around on the exposed mud, including two or three Black-bellied Plovers. If my records are up to date, this is only the 12th time that Black-bellied Plovers have occurred in Alachua County. Prior to today, the last sightings were during Tropical Storm Beryl in May 2012. Debbie had also seen 3 Semipalmated Plovers, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Western Sandpiper, 10 Pectoral Sandpipers, Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers, and a lot of Least Sandpipers. Two breeding-plumage Black Terns flew over, and she saw a swallow that “wasn’t a Barn Swallow.” Rainy days in August are an excellent time to find migrant swallows like Bank and Cliff.