Forster’s & Black Terns Hornsby
Talk to me Apone”

Talk to me Apone”

Here are the gulls we did see. Can you ID without your book?
I thought this exchange in the Shorebird class might be of interest to B3. First Lance’s question, then my response. From Lance Felber (2020 Shorebird student) I noticed while looking at Least Sandpiper in a couple of different guides a fairly large discrepancy in lengths listed. So I looked at Least, Semi, and Western in…
When our VECAL FT bidders canceled this morning, Eric and I walked around Hornsby on our own. Nice to see some ducks on the ponds, lots of butter butts, blue head vireo, and other regulars. Best birds: a stunning male vermilion flycatcher (previously reported) seemed to be glowing and a late 1st year male Baltimore…
17 species of shorebird this morning at Hornsby. Ties my personal best at Hornsby and I just missed the BB Plover that was reported. Migrating Franklin’s Gulls and White-faced Ibis also cool.
Dacha bird #145 flew over yesterday: eastern meadowlark.
Western bluebirds still on CR 207 1/2 mile from the dacha. Chased half heartedly by kestrel. 10-12 of them.