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| Semipalmated Sandpiper (L) and Least Sandpiper (R), Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Aug 16, 2013 |
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Aug 16, 2013 |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Aug 16, 2013 |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Aug 16, 2013 |
I have hit a few areas briefly in the morning before work
the last few days including the rail trail in Amherst on Wednesday, Lake
Wallace on Thursday and Arcadia today.
The rail trail highlights included an Osprey and various flycatcher
species. Lake Wallace had the usual
expected species but the nearby soccer fields contained at least 27
Killdeer. Arcadia this morning had a
nice selection of shorebirds on the mudflats there including a Greater
Yellowlegs, three Lesser Yellowlegs, five Killdeer, two Spotted Sandpipers, a
Semipalmated Sandpiper, nine Least Sandpipers and another unidentified peep
that I was never able to ID as I had a brief look at it and never could find it
again.
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| Rail trail at dawn, Amherst, MA, Aug 14, 2013 |
I love sandpipers. However they do take a long time to ID because there's always a mixed group of them :-) Great finds!
ReplyDeleteThey are tough to ID and being inland I don't get a lot of practice with them but it is fun to try to figure them all out!
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