Shorebird Migration & Pelagic

Most of these two weeks were spent sitting at Quonnie with a post sit visit to Succotash (which was VERY slow) and the Turf fields (also slow). Then there was the Pelagic -- the day was beautiful, the sea was calm and the birds were plentiful, but I didn't see anything new. There was a Red-necked Phalarope, but I missed it (along with most of the rest of the boat). That is how it goes in the birding world -- timing is everything.

So here's some photos --

Quonnie Breachway

Least Sandpiper coming in for a landing

Semipalmated Plover

American Oystercatchers

Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret with Laughing Gulls

Semipalmated Sandpiper

American Oystercatcher

Willet

Black-bellied Plover

Western Willer

Forster's Tern

Willet

Piping Plover

Forster's Tern

Black-bellied Plover

Western Willet

Bonaparte's Gull - love the pink legs!

Western Willet

Heaton Orchard

Peregrine Falcon

Solitary Sandpiper & Least Sandpiper

Quonnie Breachway

Whimbrell

Waite's Corners Road

Solitary Sandpiper

Quonnie Breachway

Forster's Tern

Greater Yellowlegs

Forster's Tern

American Oystercatcher

Sanderling

Least Sandpiper

Black-bellied Plover

Red Knot

Juvi European Starling

Red Knot

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Red Knot

Willet

American Oystercatcher

Red Knot

Marbled Godwit - My best bird in the two weeks (lousy photos, but good bird)

Least Sandpiper

Forster's Tern

Lesser Yellowlegs

Short-billed Dowitcher

Switch Road

Dragonflies

Quonnie Breachway

Pectoral Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Western Willet

Juvi Red Knot

Least, Semipalmated & Pectoral Sandpiper

Juvi Red Knot

Pectoral Sandpiper

Juvi Red Knot

Pectoral Sandpiper

Green Heron

Black-bellied Plover

Fish Crow

Switch Road

Flora

Misquamicut State Beach Parking Lot

Bonaparte's Gull

Laughing Gull

Switch Road

Dragonfly

Quonnie Breachway

Whimbrel - behind me for a long time before I noticed them (Thanks Linda!)

Beaver River Road

Least Sandpipers

Pelagic - south east of Rhode Island

Common Dolphins

Great Shearwater

Great, Sooty & Cory's Shearwater

Great & Sooty Shearwater

Cory's Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Wilson's Storm Petrel

Great Shearwater

Wilson's Storm Petrel

Laughing Gull being chased by Cory's Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Laughing Gull being chased by Cory's Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Common Dolphin

Great Shearwater

Herring Gull

Wilson's Storm Petrel

Common Dolphin

Wilson's Storm Petrel

Common Dolphin

Wind Turbine

Common Dolphin

Great Shearwater

Great Black-backed Gull

Great Shearwater

Great Shearwater & Herring Gull

One of several "Draggers" we followed

Common Dolphin

Beaver River Road

Solitary Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper with weird plumage

Solitary & Least Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Solitary & Least Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper & Killdeer

Solitary Sandpiper

Quonnie Breachway

Red Knots

Black-bellied Plover

Lesser Yellowlegs

And just like that -- its September. Shorebird migration continues and fall migration in general should kick in soon.