November 27, 2008
Peregrine, RBMerg, YLGulls
A fun couple of days. I was able to catch up with the central Cambridge Peregrine in much sunnier weather yesterday, again sitting up on the spire of the Catholic Church. While preening it briefly revealed the a black ring on its left leg, so hopefully we should be able to trace where it came from.
Today I joined James Hanlon for a brief jaunt out to Fen Drayton for a lingering Red-breasted Merganser, a Cambs tick for us both.
A couple of hours' gulling failed to produce a Caspian or a white-winger, but we did manage a fine adult Yellow-legged Gull at Long Drove Cottenham...
... and a second bird whose plumage suggested 3cy, but a dark bill with a pale tip more typical of younger birds.
At Milton tip we picked up a third bird, a regular-looking 2cy (lower right).
Hopefully I now have my eye in for future gulling excursions!
November 22, 2008
More from Tybee Island
I finally got my photos back from my first digiscoping efforts with the CoolPix P5100 - can't wait to use it again next year! An approachable Red-shouldered Hawk in the North Beach parking lot.
Patriotic Boat-tailed Grackle.
A lovely juv Painted Bunting.
Indigo Bunting and Song Sparrow.
Belted Kingfisher
My first US Lesser Black-backed Gull, together with a Great Black-back.
Gullzilla
Caspian Tern
Willet in the surf.
Preening American Oystercatcher.
Piping Plover with Sanderling.
Plenty of Ruddy Turnstone, but where were the Purple Sandpipers?
