Waterbird Migration through a Saline Wetland in the Western Nevada Desert, USA

A great variety of waterbirds migrate across western Nevada, where places to rest or refuel are nearly non-existent. One exception is a little-known industrial pond complex at the Albemarle U.S., Inc. facility in Silver Peak. In this paper we analyzed 3 years (2014-2016) of near-daily counts to document the timing, abundance, and stopover biology of 73 species traversing one of the driest regions in North America. Average annual bird-use-days...