Another nice day for our walk, a little more summer like than fall but still a nice day. We met at the inlet and found a bunch of shorebirds hiding in the wrack line on the beach, There were fifteen or so Semi-palmated Plovers of different plumages, and some Sanderlings and Semi-palmated Sandpipers. Inside the bay on the sand bar were a group of American Oystercatchers.
We then started our caravan down Dune Rd. The high tide seemed to limit the number of birds. We did see lots of Egrets, both Snowy and Great with a few Great Blue Herons mixed in. We had a few shorebirds scattered among the different stops with a Clapper Rail heard at the last stop
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
GSBAS Tues Nature Walk 09/05/17 Heckscher SP
We mat in Field 5 of Heckscher State Park on a beautiful morning. It was somewhat warm but breezy enough to compensate. We tried to walk the NW path from the field but the onslaught of mosquitoes drove us back. We then proceed to Field 7 to check the remaining puddles and bayside shore line for shorebirds and what else we could see.
We did manage to see a couple of shorebirds, Black-bellied Plovers, Semi Palmated Plovers, Semi Palmated Sandpipers and Killdeer. At the end of the walk there was an Osprey standing in the puddle.
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