I am trying to identify this bird we saw bobbing on top of the lake yesterday. Any help appreciated! A sandpiper?
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 4, 2020, at 11:10 AM, Peter Saracino <[email protected]> wrote: > > While conducting the twice-weekly survey of the Montezuma Refuge Jackie > Bakker, Linda Benedict and I are often privileged to witness some incredible > natural events - a great blue heron in the process of gulping down an entire > muskrat; a peregrine falcon knocking an immature black crown night heron out > of the air; a huge flock of green winged teal engaged in a breathtaking > starling-like murmuration; the raucous Spring arrival of a huge flock of > greater yelowlegs; the early morning wonder of coming upon the overnight > roost of a host of migrant monarch butterflies. > Yesterday was no exception. In response to the dwindling amount of solar > energy being received in the northern hemisphere, change is rapidly > occurring. Two events yesterday confirmed this. As we drove along the > Tschache Pool dike we were treated to the presence of 30+ bald eagles - of > all ages - from this year's hatch on up to 4 year old birds and a few adults. > The birds were perched in trees, on logs and stumps in the pool, flying along > the dike or soaring overhead. The second episode occurred at Puddler Marsh. > As we drove along the dike we witnessed 85 black-crowned night herons (young > and old) leaving the trees along the dike where they commonly roost. We were > stunned as the birds just kept coming out of those trees.....and coming and > coming and coming! > Noble Laureate, Bob Dylan, once sang that "the times they are a changing". > While he wasn't talking about bird migration, his words can certainly be > applied to these early September days as the planet's creatures prepare in > myriad ways for the leaving of the light. > I hope that in many ways you each can experience the bittersweet beauty > inherent in this changing time of the year. > Pete Sar > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
