Short but Sweet

Barbara Seith
Jul 28, 2024
3 min read

Already posted about Monday and there were a few days this week I either did not bird or did not take photos, so here is what I have.

Back to Quonnie for the first time in a few days on Tuesday. Just the usual suspects, but it was very nice to reconnect.

Quonnie Breachway

Razor Clam that was clearly someone's breakfast

Least Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Barn Swallow

Succotash Marsh

Egrets, Duck, Yellowlegs

Female Red-winged Blackbird -- very happy what the camera did with it tucked into the grass.

Snowy Egret

Female Red-winged Blackbird

Semipalmated Sandpipers

Egrets

Great Blue Heron & Egrets

Wednesday was back at Quonnie -- again just the usual suspects and not so great light, so I was not motivated to take a lot of photos. Tim was with me at the beginning and a Virgina birder who was visiting Westerly show up about 30 minutes in. She lives inland so was delighting in being so close to the shorebirds and picking up lifers. I lent her my scope because it was low tide and the sandbar was the best spot in the area. She has a very good ear and was quick to learn the different vocalization. It is always fun & energizing to see someone take in Quonnie for the first time.

Quonnie Breachway

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Common Loon

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Misquamicut State Beach

Wet Herring Gull

Laughing Gull

Barn Swallow

Pretty rainy on Thursday and I did not go birding -- on Friday I did sit at Quonnie -- but most everything was on the Sandbar and unphotographable. Some idiot started flying a drone overhead at @6:40AM -- if I lived in the area I would have called the cops. That things was loud and flushed every bird that was anywhere nearby -- it did 5 passes before I left. SO aggrivating!

I did not bird on Saturday, did some administrative stuff at home and met a birder friend for Breakfast. The tide and fact it was the weekend made me avoid Quonnie.

I was at Quonnie at 5:30 this morning and there was a boat trailer parking jam in the lot -- they were basically block most of the car parking. I got the last available spot. I am not a big fan of the boat people -- even less so when I left Quonnie this morning and there were two boat trailers blocking the path to the beach that one has to take to the point at high tide. Sometimes I wonder where the cops are...

Thankfully it was quiet start to the morning at the point, turned into a long trail of people (only 1 dog and it was small an leashed) and ended with a meeting with my accountant -- who I did not recognize at first (I've never seen him in sunglasses, but when he started talking I knew him).

As I was leaving there was what looked like a family about of about 25 people headed out to the point. I'm very happy I had already packed up. The boat parking was so packed that trailers blocked the path to the beach you have to use at high tide -- that will be fun later. I hope cops do something. It is just wrong when that happens.

On a better note I was reading a book while I was sitting there and I thought I would share this snippet with you before the photos -- "These pages are about befriending the powerful emotions that nature often ignites in us -- trusting them to guide us into the deepest, most satisfying parts of our being" Wow! Now if I could just keep that in my heart while I walk back through the throngs to get to my car after the beach sit.

Some of the peaceful part...I think these creatures would agree with that quote...

Quonnie Breachway

Least Sandpiper