7/4 (Part I)

Reporting from Presque Isle State Park, it’s Part I of complete coverage of a rather excellent July 4th morning at Gull Point, generally in chronological order:

American Robin I
Eastern Kingbird
American Robin II
GBH @ outer Gull Point
Killdeer on sand
Lesser Yellowlegs x2 in flight
Eastern Kingbird on Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Spotted Sandpiper on lily pad
KIF I
Spotted Sandpiper II
KIF II
Spotted Sandpiper III
KIF III
Spotted Sandpiper IV

Nice sequence of Killdeer bathing:


Song Sparrow
Backlit Spotted Sandpiper
Barn Swallow

Finally for today, three shots of a beautiful Short-billed Dowitcher: