Let’s make this a (nearly) Wordless Wednesday – photos & list from 11/20




I also met a nice professional nature photographer named David Courtenay – his website is WildlifeInFocus.com, and his work makes me want to throw my camera out the window
Birds seen:
Canada Goose – Branta canadensis X
Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos X
Northern Shoveler – Anas clypeata X
Green-winged Teal – Anas crecca X
Greater/Lesser Scaup – Aythya marila/affinis X
Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis X
Ring-necked Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus X
Great Blue Heron – Ardea herodias X
Snowy Egret – Egretta thula X
Black-crowned Night-Heron – Nycticorax nycticorax X
White-tailed Kite – Elanus leucurus X
Northern Harrier – Circus cyaneus X
Sharp-shinned Hawk – Accipiter striatus X
Cooper’s Hawk – Accipiter cooperii X
Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis X
Clapper Rail – Rallus longirostris X
American Coot – Fulica americana X
Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus X
Black-necked Stilt – Himantopus mexicanus X
American Avocet – Recurvirostra americana X
Willet – Tringa semipalmata X
Long-billed Curlew – Numenius americanus X
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher – Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus X
Ring-billed Gull – Larus delawarensis X
Glaucous-winged Gull – Larus glaucescens X
Rock Pigeon – Columba livia X
Black Phoebe – Sayornis nigricans X
Yellow-rumped Warbler – Dendroica coronata X
Brewer’s Blackbird – Euphagus cyanocephalus X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)











wonderful photos! I am also one who has a hard time doing a WW without not saying anything!
I guess there’s been a rare bird sighted there at the Baylands this past week – I think it’s called a Nelson’s sharp-tailed sparrow. But since I would have no idea what I’d be looking for, I’ll check out all the ones you have listed here. ;o) Again, it looks like a really good list. Thanks for sharing, Adam.
Oh don’t throw your camera out. Your photos are wonderful, too!
Monarch: Thanks! I didn’t take as many photos as usual, as I wound up talking to David Courtenay for rather some time. It’s always nice to talk to folks who are making a living with nature photography!
Mary: Yep, I haven’t been down there since before the Nelson’s was reported, but it’s generated a fair bit of buzz on the local email lists for sure! I’ve never seen a Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow either, but if you go, just look for a group of birders and ask them if they’ve seen it. From the couple of photos I’ve seen, it’s a fairly distinctive bird.
Jennifer: Well, thanks!