Yes, it was cold, but no wind and lots of birds and lingering ice!
Thousands of Dunlin on the Marine Park side of the Blaine waterfront, close to Cain Creek, and even more of them at the boat launch. Loons, grebes, scoters, wigeons, scaup, and all the other dabblers and divers you can think of. Everything was on display and the sun came out to ease the pain of the cold.
Great trip with 14 participants, hot soup/chili at the Marina Café, and a couple of sightings of the female Mountain Bluebird to cap the day. Digiscoping this one was a challenge!!
*Attached is a shot of a Lesser Yellowlegs foraging along the icy edge of the shoreline at Blaine.
Cheers,
Joe Meche
Greater Yellowlegs!
In my zeal to edit a few hundred photos and get the right side of my body back to normal temperature, I inadvertently labeled a Greater Yellowlegs as a Lesser, so I stand corrected.
The one in the photo was likely a juvenile, as well.
Mea culpa,
Joe Meche
*Thanks Andrew
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