Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
I loved seeing this Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) surrounded by fall foliage of a more uncommon sort in the Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford, Connecticut earlier today, living up to its past (and still current) billing as one of the best coastal birding habitats in the United States according to our own Roger Tory Peterson. Are you elated for autumn yet?!
Read MoreSemipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Record shot of an uncommon species for Chautauqua County, the Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus). Other shorebirds present included Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Killdeer and Spotted Sandpiper. Now it’s time to eBird my sightings so they are not lost into the void forever and you should do the same!
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