The tides are running low and it's early in the morning - this makes for a perfect combination to visit Bunche Beach....come along...
As to be expected - the Black Skimmers were present in great numbers.
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| The birds are hungry and foraging for food - such as this Little Blue Heron. |
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| The Red Knot - look how beautiful they are in their breeding plumage! Soon they will leave and head north. |
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| A Least Sandpiper - the smallest peep of them all. |
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| A Dunlin in the background with its turning black belly. |
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| Red Knots are so much easier to identify with their red belly. |
More Dunlins
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| One of my favorites - the Short-billed Dowitcher - this one too is sporting its bright plumage before heading north. |
A Snowy Egret - snow white with yellow slippers matching the yellow lore.
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| The Little Blue Heron. |
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| A Semipalmated Plover - one of many that were foraging. |
A Piping Plover - getting ready to do poop....
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| As Ed Combs said: "He looks very patriotic with its red/white/blue colors" and I have to agree. |
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| The tide was coming in and slowly the birds started to leave. |
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| As I was heading out, I caught sight of a Willet with its fresh catch - Crab! Yum! |
And that, concludes my low tide visit, folks...until the next time. My E-Bird List for today.
Really, France, a pooping piping plover? Ken says that's taking alliteration a little too far. Thanks for
ReplyDeletethe great pictures. Always a pleasure when you invite us along--