I had a really good weekend of birding. It was one of rarities, shorebirds and egrets and herons, large ones. Here are a few images I capture during that period  |
Our first Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) for the season |
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| One of the two Hudsonian Godwits (Limosa haemastica) I saw during the weekend. Our big guy is here feeding with the much smaller Stilt Sandpipers (Calidris himantopus)
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| This Ruff (Calidris pugnax) at WSR is the third for the migration season. Seen here with a beautiful Pectoral Sandpiper
(Calidris melanotos) preening.
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) |
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I was happy to see my first Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) in almost two years.
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The Herons
The herons and egrets put on a show this weekend. For most of the week we saw a fair amount of Great Egret (Ardea
alba) turning up a various location, and it remained so into the weekend with over ten of these large, majestic birds sighted at one location.
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A good representation of egrets and a heron
I saw over the weekend - Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) the largest of the group, and the smaller
white egrets - Little
Egrets (Egretta
garzetta), Snowy
Egrets (Egretta
thula) and Cattle
Egrets (Bubulcus
ibis) |
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Great Egret (Ardea
alba) |
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| Great Egret (Ardea alba) |
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| Little (Egretta garzetta) and Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula) |
And the Shorebirds
Shorebirds are still around in smaller amounts than a few weeks ago.
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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
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Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) |
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