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Winter Shorebirds
Dave Ingram's Natural History Blog | November 20th 2009 by Dave Ingram
A group of Sanderlings (middle) and Dunlins (either end) on the rocky shore at Air Force Beach. As we gear up for the Christmas Bird Counts in December, now is the time to do a little winter shorebird watching. Last week, during a break in the weath read more
Ocean
Squirrel's View | October 27th 2009 by C. Jennings
The last day of our Maryland eastern shore trip we spent walking along the Assateague Island National Seashore. The island was established as a National Seashore in 1962 to protect the migratory shorebirds and other abundant species. Over 320 species read more
A Solitary Sanderling
Dave Ingram's Natural History Blog | October 27th 2009 by Dave Ingram
Sanderling | Calidris alba Earlier this week, while walking out at Goose Spit I came upon a single Sanderling (Calidris alba). Sanderlings are regularly seen throughout the winter at Goose Spit but they have a challenging time of it. At high tide, read more
Off to Sea Pines
South Carolina Low Country Nature Journaling and Art | October 10th 2009 by Pam
It was more than time to soak up the ocean air. While our quick trip to the beach was just a couple of hours long, it sure was a shot in the arm. We saw large pods of dolphin, 2 Osprey displaying stealth hunting tactics, a few Royal Terns, and my read more
Weather and Waders
Quantum Tiger | September 13th 2009 by QuantumTiger
My week on Mull was quite wet, and the weather prevented me from getting a boat out to the Treshnish Isles. It did not prevent a good time though - and in between the showers I managed a number of photographs. I spent the majority of the Thursday on read more
Chincoteague Island: Ecotourism Paradise
Easy Destination Blog | September 10th 2009 by Mayank
Chincoteague Island: Ecotourism Paradise Although the Chincoteague ponies may roam barefoot and free on the wilds of Assateague Island for most of their lives, horseshoes are still readily found on both Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. They're h read more
This Gulls Life
Kitchen Window Birder | September 8th 2009
That's right all, just when you thought my blog couldn't become any more stimulating, I proudly present to you "gull reality TV". It's all my overwhelmed brain can do right now as I am now seeing what taking over 800 photos can do in the period of read more
Waiting for Shorebirds
S E Texas Birding & Wildlife Watching | August 31st 2009 by Jeff
.I went over to Paul Rushing Park on Sunday morning in hopes of seeing shorebirds, which are currently migrating south. As usual, there was a good variety of larger wading birds - including five Roseate Spoonbills - but only a few shorebirds: Dowitch read more
More from Plymouth Beach
Kitchen Window Birder | August 9th 2009
More pictures from Plymouth Beach on Saturday. The first picture is my favorite of ALL of the pictures I took that day. It is of a Bank Swallow (lifer). Love how the camera was able to pick up the ring necklace on its neck as well as all of the deta read more
Back to Galveston Island
S E Texas Birding & Wildlife Watching | August 9th 2009 by Jeff
.Dee and I usually only visit Galveston a couple of times a year but we were back there on Friday-Saturday just two weeks after our last visit..Friday afternoon we drove to the end of 8 Mile Road and had nice views of Ruddy Turnstones, Great and Snow read more
