After scanning through thousands of Semipalmated Sandpipers we finally got something different. A White-rumped Sandpiper, actually we had 14 for the day.
Here is a White-rumped (foreground) feeding with a Semipalmated. Other than the obvious size difference another field mark is the streaking on the breast, belly and flanks. This one is near breeding plumage.
Another field mark that is not so obvious is the reddish coloration at the base of the lower mandible.
We were scanning for banded and flagged shorebirds, specifically Red Knots and of the 80 + we observed none had them.
For more information on the flagged birds:
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/nwrc-cnrf/default.asp?lang=en&n=CA9EA2C5-1
Gull-billed Terns getting ready to pass on the genes!!! Video???
What a face! This White-eyed Vireo kept me busy for quite awhile trying to get a good photograph. I think I succeeded.
What is this? That was my first reaction to seeing this juvenile Barn Swallow. Don't remember ever seeing one before.
Off to Cape May in the morning.
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