Hornsby
13 Species of shorebirds at Hornsby this morning, plus first of season (for me) of these quackers.

13 Species of shorebirds at Hornsby this morning, plus first of season (for me) of these quackers.

I’d like some comments on 1 of the 4 Ibis I had at Hornsby yesterday.
Allan and I headed out to Granger area yesterday on our semi-regular NED (Nature Exploration Day). We came across some nice shorebird habitats in wet fields and had 6 shorebird species for the morning. So shorebird season is ON!!! Here’s a few easy-peasy to ID. Didn’t get pix of several distant Am Golden Plover and…
Here’s one I don’t recall seeing so boldly out in the open before, much less photographed in gorgeous sunlight!!
With North wind coming on I decided to go watch for migrants at Granger Lake. I was not disappointed!!
I had a great time at Granger Lake yesterday, sitting solo by the swim area watching migration go by!! No gulls at the swim area, but good numbers flying by and at 2 poorly accessible roosts.
Eric, Lance and I led the Shorebird Class to Corpus over the last weekend. I had a great time with highlights for me being: “That’s him!!!” (IDing the long-staying Glaucous Gull in mid-air at 65 mph on the JFK causeway), Identifying grass-pipers at the sod farms with the class at about ½ mile distant (definitely…