Okay, first things first.  At Allen Brothers Marsh today a quick pass 
through yielded a great egret, multiple (at least five) green herons, 
at least five great blue herons, a single ill-tempered mallard and 
large group (10+) of Wood ducklings with a wood duck momma.

Yard birds today were very few and far between and yielded nothing 
unusual; a few cardinals, some chickadees and a single ruby-throated 
hummingbird, as well as a few goldfinches, a rose-breased grosbeak 
and an audible downy woodpecker.

Photos from today of the chickadee, two of the great blue herons, one 
of the green herons and the wood ducks at:

http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&keywords=&dte=2007-09-02


In Off Topic trip report news, yesterday we got back from our Big Fat 
Birding Vacation by Plum Island.  It was a great trip, yielding some 
fairly unexpected sightings (yellow-billed cuckoo, western sandpiper, 
hundreds of white-rumped sandpipers, a sora, several little blue 
herons, a pair of pied-billed grebes, and much more that I've posted 
over on the PI birds list during the week).

We did a couple boat trips and also checked out Parker River from the 
Nelson Island side (in Rowley) which was really nice and got us great 
(very close) views of least and semipalmated sandpipers.  We may have 
found a Baird's Sandpiper: ( 
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&pic=2188 -- anyone have any ideas 
if I'm right that it's a Baird's?)

Pictures from the week, including some great shots at the Salisbury 
Egret Roost (amazing-- get there at 5:30 and you can watch birds come 
in for two hours, going from 20 or so birds to several hundred by 
7:30) of birds in flight: Glossy Ibis, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, 
+ other shots of Little Blue Herons, Snowy Egrets, Black Crowned 
Night Herons, Green Herons. Directions, with my photos from the roost 
at:

http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?dte=2007-08&dg=dl&smy=s&keywords=-salisbury+roost


Photos from the week, all broken down by day:

http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&keywords=&dte=2007-08-25
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&keywords=&dte=2007-08-26
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&keywords=&dte=2007-08-27
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&keywords=&dte=2007-08-29
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&keywords=&dte=2007-08-30
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&keywords=&dte=2007-08-31
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&keywords=&dte=2007-09-01


My personal favorites from the trip:

Great Egret, coming in for a landing.
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?pic=2100

Glossy ibis in flight.
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?pic=2094

Little blue heron
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?pic=2107

Snowy Egrets w/Greater Yellowlegs
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&pic=2136

Juvenile Pied-Billed Grebe:
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?pic=2153

Many plovers &  pipers at Salt Pannes:
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&pic=2179

Least Sandpiper:
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&pic=2143
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&pic=2146

Greater Yellowlegs:
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/?&pic=2103

It was a really nice week, but now I'm glad to be back in Vermont.

--julie
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