I wouldn't want y'all to think I'm just sitting at home processing photos -- I'm still out there almost every morning. Here is some stuff from last week. Then I will start posting the South Africa stuff.
Almost every day in the winter I end my morning session with a visit to Misquamicut State Beach. There are typically a ton of gulls (not this year so far) and various Horned Lark & Snow Bunting. Last week there was a Lapland Longspur that we hadn't seen since early 2022.
Here is the Longspur
Misquamicut State Beach


Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting

Ruddy Duck, Mud Pond

On Tuesday I visited Succotash Marsh -- some nice surprises.
One surprise -- a late Greater Yellowlegs


House Finch


Another Surprise -- Northern Pintail


Belted Kingfisher

Bit of a rainy Wednesday, but Misquamicut State Beach Parking Lot does not disappoint
Dunlin



Greater Yellowlegs



Horned Lark


Lesser Black-backed Gull


Didn't take any photos on Thanksgiving. Friday I went to Middletown & Newport hoping to see a Tufted Duck. After I got home and took my kicks off, I got a message that there were Tundra Swans in Coventry. Knowing it was likely the 300th bird for my friend Sue, I decided to go back out and drive the 35 minutes to Coventry. I'm glad I did as it wasn't there the next day.
Easton Pond, Middletown
Ring-necked Duck


Common Eider, Breton Point, Newport

Tundra Swan, Tiogue Lake, Coventry

Bald Eagle, Tiogue Lake, Coventry

A Moonstone trip on Saturday yielded this aerial set-tee between a Northern Harrier & a blasé Red-tailed Hawk.
Red-tailed Hawk - minding its own business

Northern Harrier


Harrier decided to poke the Hawk

Even Closer

Abort -- abort!

Hawk puffed itself up!

One more pass by the Harrier

Buh-bye

A lone Rusty Blackbird at the corner of Moonstone Beach & Matunuck Schoolhouse Road



Just one photo from Sunday -- a peaceful scene of Great Blue Herons lazing at Sunrise in Succotash Marsh.

On to South Africa...
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