Short-billed Dowitchers, a Turnstone and Least Sandpiper

A few more images from this past season of shooting shorebirds.  Maybe one more post and then it's on to other species, namely waterfowl and possibly some songbirds.

 

Shorebirds on Rocks

 A few of my remaining images of shorebirds from this past season of shooting. A lot of these featured birds on rocks so I thought I would lump them together as a theme.  Most or all of these were shot at high tide which is when you tend to find these birds roosting when feeding isn't an option for them. Among the birds featured here are Black-bellied Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs and Ruddy Turnstones.

Shorebirds in Flight

A few random images of a few shorebirds in flight taken this Summer. In order they are Lesser Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher and Black-bellied Plover.

 

Sanderlings - Accidents Happen

 I'm sure it wasn't intentional.

Hudsonian Godwit - Flight Shots

 

Red Phalarope

I think I might have alluded to this bird in a previous post.  It's been awhile since I took these photos, I just remember that I was pretty excited to find it,  it's not a species I see often.  In fact if memory serves I've only seen them a couple of times. Of course I would have been happier to find a bird in breeding plumage. This bird is in Winter plumage with just a bit of red plumage showing. The adults in breeding plumage are quite striking, maybe someday I'll have the opportunity to see one.

 

Random Tern Images

 I think these are the last of my Common Tern images for this year. Taken in early August on one of my trips to the lake.