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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