Seen prior to my visit to Plum Island, this Eastern Screech Owl has just started to use the hole in this tree to roost as the leaves come off the trees.
A visit to the Parker River NWR never disappoints and this past Sunday was no exception. The young Common Tern below was roosting at Sandy Point with a couple dozen Forester's Terns.
A young Bonaparte's Gull, one of several dozen that were roosting in the area,
The salt pans just before parking lot #3 held a few hundred American Wigeon and two drake Eurasian Wigeon with one seen below on the left.
The shoreline just north of Emerson Rocks, parking lot #7, is currently alive with shorebirds on a falling tide as they feed on all sorts of goodies just below the surface. Hudsonian Godwits, as seen in the next two images, are always a treat to see.
Sandy Point, the state park at the southern tip of the Parker River NWR, also held a nice collection of shorebirds that were roosting, preening and feeding as the tide began to fall. A Red Knot in winter plumage roosting on one leg.
A Sanderling doing the same.
A Semipalmated Plover.
and a White-rumped Sandpiper.
Another White-rumped Sandpiper along the wrack line in very fresh and bright juvenile plumage.
I'm already looking forward to next weekends visit for my next shorebird fix before they head south, leaving the beaches to the Sanderling and Dunlin.
Great to see another of your owls, Phil! The shorebird ('waders', to us Brits.) images are excellent, and most of the birds shown would cause a real stir if they showed up here!
ReplyDeleteAnother great owl shot! They are simply stunning in their red-brown plumage.
ReplyDeleteThanks Guys,
ReplyDeleteI'm getting more reports of Owls roosting in boxes as the days pass. Hopefully I'll be seeing many more in the coming months!