I am trying to identify this bird we saw bobbing on top of the lake yesterday.
Any help appreciated! A sandpiper?
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> On Sep 4, 2020, at 11:10 AM, Peter Saracino 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
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