Empid Hornsby
ID bird 2
Empid Hornsby
ID bird 1?
Front Hornsby
August front at Hornsby.
Muddy Birds Hornsby
Ran across 2 unfortunates this morning also. The Pectoral barely made it out of the mud. Good luck guys!!!
Shorebirds Hornsby
Here’s the first bird I laid eyes on at Hornsby this morning. And another I finally got some decent pix of.
Shorebird Quiz Answers
Forgot to ID all the birds in a previous quiz. Here there are. The Baird’s was kind of unfair The rest are Least, unless I missed something.
Photographs as Tools Cedar Point Lake Buchanan
Here’s a reminder for you photographers: I was at Cedar point on Lake Buchanan yesterday. I caught two distant pix of a flock of shorebirds heading south. (Love witnessing migration !!!!) Couldn’t tell much with bins, but since I had a pix I blew it up and can easily see needle like bills, distinctive profile…
Juvenile Shorebirds Hornsby
Here’s a photo dump from Hornsby last night. Nearly all the birds are juveniles. Just imagine: they were hatched in July or August in Canada or Alaska and just flew a minimum of 2600 miles to get to Hornsby Bend so that I could take their Pix!!!! Thanks guys!! Question 1: How do I know…
Shorebird Quiz
Ok, here’s today’s quiz photo!!! How many can you ID? Taken at Hornsby last night. Hint: there are 6 species.
Molting Adult vs 1st Fall Lesser Yellowlegs
Here’s a comparison between a molting adult (right) and a 1st fall Lesser yellowlegs. Notice the immaculate patterns on the back of the left bird (juve). The adult’s alternate feathers are worn and dull in the coverts and scapulars. You can see emerging basic mantle feathers on the adult which are gray and large and…