Juvenile Shorebirds Hornsby

Byjepbird@att.net August 21, 2023March 2, 2025

Here’s a photo dump from Hornsby last night. Nearly all the birds are juveniles. Just imagine: they were hatched in July or August in Canada or Alaska and just flew a minimum of 2600 miles to get to Hornsby Bend so that I could take their Pix!!!! Thanks guys!!

Question 1: How do I know they are juveniles (describe please)?

Question 2: can you find one that is more gray (less brown) and is not a Least in a couple of the pix?

Super bonus extra credit question 3: can you find Mr. Baird’s in a couple of pix? (Not a good view at all, so this is a toughy).

Hornsby | Shorebirds

Odd Pigment Least Sandpiper

Byjepbird@att.net August 24, 2024July 3, 2025

Here’s another odd coloration on a Least Sandpiper from Hornsby yesterday. I had a similar one last year. The least in the back is more normal colored. The front one looked almost red in person.

Hornsby | Migration

Migration & Hornsby Big 4

Byjepbird@att.net September 27, 2023March 2, 2025

Migration !!! Had a few hundred of these guys near La Grange yesterday. Then I stopped by Hornsby about noon and it was almost devoid of shorebird habitat. Water is up and meets the grass, so no “shore”. I did manage to find 3 of the the “big 4”: Least, Killdeer & Spotted.

Shorebirds | Texas Gulf Coast

Galveston Summer

Byjepbird@att.net September 3, 2023March 2, 2025

A few from Galveston

Hornsby | Shorebirds

Hornsby Shorebirds

Byjepbird@att.net November 8, 2024March 2, 2025

6 species of shorebird at Hornsby this morning, including an example of “frosty vs brown” shorebirds. I don’t recall so many, and so long staying, Avocets at Hornsby before. At last a dozen there today.