This morning I started my day at the marsh and had a lot of luck.
Last week I had the chance to hit the trail with Lena Senko and Brad
Moser and we observed the pannes from the trail. After reading Louis
Bevier's post and learning what we couldn't see from the Eastern Road,
I decided to put on some high boots and explore the pannes up close.
The lighting conditions weren't great until after a short shower at
around 9:30. Just after dawn I had a Juvenile Peregrine fly in at the
same time as a Northern Harrier and harass some of the sandpipers and
yellowlegs (both) i the pannes. Last week at Pine Point I got this
photo of a juvenile Peregrine diving on a whimbrel. The bird came in
way to fats and couldn't hit the breaks so the whimbrel escaped the
incident unharmed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/needsmoreritalin/7967899114/in/photostream
That bird had a band. The one I saw today did not. The Northern
Harrier, however, did have a band. It as interesting that a few hours
later they both returned to hunt at the panne I was observing a
Hudsonian Godwit in, again, they appeared at the same time.
I have posted a blog at http://wp.me/p1IOl6-5s with 10 images from
today. I am not very strong in my shorebird identification, but I
believe that the images clearly show the following shorebirds:
Hudsonian Godwit
Long-Billed Dowitcher
Short-Billed Dowitcher
American Golden Plover
Stilt Sandpiper...
as well as some species I am more familiar with. I'll be following up
that post with some more images from today.
I believe I also saw at least one pectoral sandpiper, but I couldn't
get a shot off. There were also lots of Little Blue Herons, Snowy and
Great Egrets, Glossy Ibis, Crows, Semipalmated Sandpiers, Kildeer, and
several hundred Tree Swallows. I observed two GBH and a few dozen
Green-Winged Teals.
If you'd like to doublecheck my ID's I welcome any corrections and
insights. I want to be sure before I post to e-bird.
CHEERS!
Chuck
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