The rest....and the absentees
The Rest
A nice Hermit Thrush jumped on a sparrow we were studying (White-throated as it turned out)
The Dunlin still look extraordinarily long billed to my UK eyes. The one exception being a bird that retained a significant amount of black on its belly
Greenland breeding populations (recorded several times on Atlantic coast) are smaller and shorter-billed than American, drabber in breeding plumage, and paler-breasted and grayer in nonbreeding; they molt during or after fall migration
article on arctica Dunlin
Also wading around the Geese were Semi-p Plover, Least Sandpiper (all but one in adult type plumage), and a few small black legged peeps that should be Western Sandpipers
The Absentees
There were :
Only 3 Laughing Gulls all weekend, the Ring-bills got all the bread!
Only 1 Snowy Egret and no Tricolors, both often very numerous a little earlier
There was no mud at low tide, except around the very edges, the tides were very high. At high tide the larger waves were washing over the sand dunes and washing into the (formerly) fresh water of the pool opposite the visitors center
A nice Hermit Thrush jumped on a sparrow we were studying (White-throated as it turned out)
The Dunlin still look extraordinarily long billed to my UK eyes. The one exception being a bird that retained a significant amount of black on its belly
This from Sibley :
article on arctica Dunlin
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| Dunlin with black belly with Sanderling and Snow Geese |
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| Small black-legged Calidrids with Dunlin |
The Absentees
There were :
Only 3 Laughing Gulls all weekend, the Ring-bills got all the bread!
Only 1 Snowy Egret and no Tricolors, both often very numerous a little earlier
There was no mud at low tide, except around the very edges, the tides were very high. At high tide the larger waves were washing over the sand dunes and washing into the (formerly) fresh water of the pool opposite the visitors center
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