Shorebirds Hornsby
13 species of shorebirds at Hornsby yesterday including some very colorful birds.
Also nice of them to build so much additional Spotted Sandpiper habitat!!







13 species of shorebirds at Hornsby yesterday including some very colorful birds.
Also nice of them to build so much additional Spotted Sandpiper habitat!!







Here’s a comparison of Semipalmated with a Least. So I think we can see actual black legs here on this sandpiper. It’s a short-winged bird; wings are just atop tail. Bill is short and pretty straight. Overall coloration is fairly pale, not brown. Baird’s and Least are brown-hued birds. Both also have a chest coloration…
15 Species of shorebird at Hornsby this morning. Here’s a Quiz bird for Shorebird class.
16 species of shorebird at Hornsby this morning, including these guys which Eric just lectured on last night. If you are in Shorebird class of 2022 — give these guys a name.
8 species of shorebird at Hornsby this morning, including 2 Dunlin.
Here’s the first bird I laid eyes on at Hornsby this morning. And another I finally got some decent pix of.
Ran across 2 unfortunates this morning also. The Pectoral barely made it out of the mud. Good luck guys!!!