Mar 08 2010
The second of my photos that appears in the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America is one of the big ones, spanning two pages, a treatment afforded only 3 shots in each book. It appears across pages ii & iii.
But the photograph has to share space–lots of space–with two text boxes and [...]
Sep 13 2008
Here’s a bird that could really get your pulse racing…a peep that looks basically like a Semiplamated Sandpiper, but with obvious reddish-orange coloration on the face and throat. The hopeful shorebirder might easily be seduced by thoughts of having found a Red-necked Stint, or some other snazzy stray, especially with a couple of Red-neckeds having [...]
Sep 07 2008
Undeterred by yesterday’s scarcity of storm-driven birds, we returned to Cape Henlopen first thing this morning to see if any birds that may have been blown into Delaware Bay were returning to the open ocean. It’s a longish walk out to the point, but very pleasant in the lovely post-storm weather.
A Sanderling probes for breakfast.
Sharon [...]
Sep 07 2008
Here’s a quick tour of yesterday’s birding during Tropical Storm Hanna:
Sharon Lynn scans offshore from Cape Henlopen
Forrest Rowland, Bill Stewart, and Judy Montgomery watch millions of dollars of beach replenishment sand get washed back out to sea in Rehoboth.
Property damage was mostly minor…
Surfers at Indian River Inlet (cue “Wipe Out” for the soundtrack).
A Forster’s (L) [...]
Sep 05 2008
Sometimes shorebirds seem so hard to identify; then there are times they seem dead easy. Mainly, we all hope to have more of the latter and less of the former as we go on in our birding careers. Last night, I enjoyed looking at the shapes of some of the shorebirds along Prime Hook Beach [...]
