This is a juvenile Green Heron from Hornsby this morning. It was hunting water bugs.
The Green Heron was the first bird I identified by myself at age 10.
In the 51 years between then and now I don’t think I’ve ever noticed a juvenile green Heron before.
15 Species of shorebird at Hornsby this morning. Here’s a Quiz bird for Shorebird class.
Ok, here’s a mystery bird for the current shorebird class. (if you’re not in the class feel free to email me if you figure out the answer). I recently emailed a demonstration of how to take a stab at identifying distant shorebirds in bad photographs. Here are some really bad photographs (distant digi-scoped). But if…
Hi ya’ll, it’s shorebirding season — 15 species at hornsby this morning. I just tried to invite all the B3 students (those on FB) to join the 2020 Shorebird FB group. That’s where I will be posting during shorebird season. Let me know if you’d like an invite. Please contribute if you see shorebirds or…
Here’s the first bird I laid eyes on at Hornsby this morning. And another I finally got some decent pix of.
I was pleased to find a Dunlin at Hornsby this morning. One of the shorebirds I needed for that location. This got me thinking about my all-time Hornsby list and which shorebirds I have not seen there. First table is the 34 species of shorebird I have seen at Hornsby, 2nd is shorebirds I have…
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….
