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I only got out on 12 days, actually, 11 days. The Snow Day was fired out my patio door, in my jammies.
Not a good month.
Photographed 01 September 2019, Race Point - Beach, Race Point, Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Wilson's Phalaropes feed in a dizzy circle to bring food up from the bottom. They eat insects and crustaceans, mostly brine flies and shrimp.
These birds nest in California, but in this video are sporting their winter plumage. In summer the brightly colored females build a nest and attract a male who stays and incubates the eggs while the female migrates south.
American Oyster Catcher - Red W34
Frequent verified sightings:
#1 Fort De Soto Park
#2 Anna Maria Island
Originally banded at Shell Key in 2020 as a pre-fledgling (about 5 or 6 years old in 2025) as part of a research project.
Other locations sighted: As far south as Longboat Key, Braden River and Manatee River
I looked out the kitchen window this morning and saw a Yellow-billed Cuckoo perched in a tree in our backyard.
Like all arthropods (including crustaceans and insects), horseshoe crabs have a hard exoskeleton (shell) on the outside of their body. To grow, the crab must shed its old exoskeleton and form a new, bigger one. Unlike true crabs, which back out of their old exoskeletons, horseshoe crabs push forward, leaving their molts behind them, leaving a split in the front.
Weed Lake, Aug.19,2012. I was after a painterly effect with this one, the light was so gorgeous. I like the "unfinished" look on the bottom left . Late summer vegetation make the best backgrounds!
Photographed 01 September 2019, Race Point - Beach, Race Point, Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Photographed 01 September 2019, Race Point - Beach, Race Point, Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Another one from Princess Springs near Bindloss, AB. With some patience, I was able to crawl into a close position. Canon 7D, 300 mm 2.8L and 1.4MK3 extender.
Photographed 01 September 2019, Race Point - Beach, Race Point, Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
When a red-tailed hawk flew overhead, the dowitcher and the least sandpiper took off and flew away. Never saw the bird again. Managed to capture the take off. Funny this is, the tiny sandpiper made a bigger splash.
Juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus )
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
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This rare bird was very cooperative and hung around several minutes, allowing me to get lots of good documentation shots. Including several reflection shots.
Juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus )
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Guess what showed up in the hundreds today, I wanted to show you how many, but then I thought I'd better add a portrait (taken in the spring) so you could admire a close up too!
I have posted several different shots of a male hooded warbler since Spring but this one from today I really liked. I like the face on look with the appearance of a black diamond on the chest and the hood seen more as a black cap from this perspective. It shows the white undertail well. This is an important characteristic especially with the female who lacks the impressive hood and might otherwise (if not for the white undertail) be confused with other yellow warblers, notably the Wilson's and Yellow warblers. There is no mistaking the male hooded though! He is one of my favorite warblers.
Another view below from today's Kennesaw Mt walk along with a black-and-white warbler shot:
From middle of August. Top of Kennesaw Mountain.
On two occasions in August I had the good fortune of observing a pair of these birds at very close range at the top of the mountain. One was walking on the large boulders found near the sign up top. They weren't high up in the trees as they often are but rather in short bushy scrub found at the top of the mountain. What a delight to observe such a beautiful warbler at such close range.