Shorebirds Hornsby
Here’s the first bird I laid eyes on at Hornsby this morning. And another I finally got some decent pix of.






Here’s the first bird I laid eyes on at Hornsby this morning. And another I finally got some decent pix of.






I thought I’d start using my website to describe small birding, nature and other adventures going forward, rather than FB. Since “summer” ended and “fall” has begun (in shorebird migration terms anyway), I’ve visited Hornsby 3 times, seeing 16 species cumulatively. Here are my scoreboards: I was very pleased to find this Short-billed Dowitcher on…
We had a nice field trip to Hornsby this morning to finish up the Spring Shorebird Class!!. 12 species of shorebird, plus 2 gull and 1 tern species. Some of us also had a bonus bird near the end of the field trip. White-rumped sandpipers are the stars of the show right now, but I…
11, possibly 12 species at Hornsby yesterday. Here’s a few pix.
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).
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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…