Hornsby Shorebirds
15 Species of shorebird at Hornsby this morning. Here’s a Quiz bird for Shorebird class.
Leucistic Barn Swallow Hornsby
This was cool at Hornsby this morning!!
Good News/Bad News
Good news/bad news from my first trip to Hornsby during fall migration. Good: Fall migration is here!!! Good: lots of floating mud habitat at Hornsby. Good: Lots of shorebirds — 1000 plus I estimated. Good: 9 species of shorebird. Good: temp is manageable from 6:30-10:00am or so. Good: lots of Stilt and whistle duck chicks….
Hornsby Field Trip Empids Class
Here’s an Empid (and friends) we had on field trip today. Maybe someone else can post the other flycatcher (which I neglected to get pix of).
Ibis Hornsby
I’d like some comments on 1 of the 4 Ibis I had at Hornsby yesterday.
Gulls | Hornsby | Shorebirds
Hornsby
Always something new dropping into Hornsby this time of year!!! 3 new species for 2023 for me at Hornsby today. Love migration!!! And Killdeer already have a chick!! What do ya’ll think about the 4 Ibis?
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!!
Hudsonian Godwit Hornsby
Catherine Cuddihy Sylvan did you have it IDed before I texted? After all, you’re a Shorebird Class Alumni!!! Some of you likely saw my text on Hudsonian Godwit at Hornsby today. Turns out Catherine Cuddihy Sylvan was caddie corner to me and got it too!! It flew right over her head I think so she…
Hornsby Birds
The view from Hornsby today.
Shorebirds at Hornsby
Here’s a couple of sightings at Hornsby that might interest some of our future repeat offenders from Shorebird Class. (Not my sightings, reported on Ebird daily). Remember a couple of our elliptical migrants we didn’t expect to see this fall? Several asked about the possibility of seeing in the fall. Although, no pix with the…