Saturday, March 11th
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Reddish Egret - White Form
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Stopped by at day break for a quite visit. The tide was quit low and the beach was attracting a great many birding enthusiasts. Lots of bins, scopes and cameras.
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| Reddish Egret |
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| Note the tracking radio antenna attached to this birds back |
Counted four Reddish Egrets today - two were the normal reddish phase and the others were the white phase included one toting a tracking radio.
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| Dunlin |
Other shore birds present included lots of
Sanderlings, Dunlin, Least and Western Sandpipers, Black-bellied Plovers, Semipalmated Plovers and a few
Piping Plovers.
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| Spotted Sandpiper |
Not very many gulls or terns at the time. Mostly
Laughing Gulls with a few
Black Skimmers, Ring-billed Gulls and Royal Terns
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| Western Sandpiper |
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| Sanderling |
Additionally seen were a couple of
Spotted Sandpipers and
Yellow-crowned Night-herons
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| Black-bellied Plover |
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| Semipalmated Plover |
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