This morning, Sunday 12/8, I finally went back out for a "normal" birding session. I was lucky to spend most of it with my sharp-eyed friend Sue. We were at Sachuest National Wildlife Refuge which has a bunch of trails most of which have very steep, rocky trails down to the beach. I can't handle those, but Sue can and did.
I finally gave up -- it wasn't cold but was VERY windy and went back to the car without her. She called me once I got back to my car to tell me she found the Snowy Owl that had been spotted the previous day. I was done but also it wasn't really viewable from the trail. She felt badly, but I was fine with I. I walked a mile -- which is a LOT more than I have walked lately -- and I had a lovely visit with not only Sue, but a friend of a friend and a Nature Journaling teacher (who's class I had to skip yesterday -- but I hear is amazing). It reminded me that I don't just bird for the birds, I also bird for the birders. This was a great morning for birders!
Here are some photos from the las two weeks!
East Beach - Cooper's Hawk
Misquamicut State Beach
Snow Bunting
Watch Hill Lighthouse
Common Loon
Harbor Seal
Common Loon
Harbor Seal
Weekapaug Breachway
Common Eider & Surf Scoter
Misquamicut Beach
Lapland Longspur
Horned Lark & Snow Bunting
Horned Lark, Snow Bunting & Lapland Longspur
Lapland Longspur
All three species
2 Lapland Longspur
Horned Lark (back), Snow Bunting (left), Lapland Longspur
Lapland Longspur
Westerly
Great Blue Heron
Lapland Longspur
Northern Harrier
Lapland Longspur
Juvi Common Eider
Watch Hill
Common Loon
Black Scoter
Red Fox
Surf Scoter
A bank of Mute Swans
Loop Drive
Bufflehead
American Wigeon
Tiogue Lake
Killdeer
Moonstone Beach Road
Northern Harrier
Worton Pond
American Coot
Breton Point
Black Scoter
Ring-billed Gull
Harlequin Duck
Fort Adams
Common Raven
Hope it is less cold next week and I'm out birding daily... we'll see!
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