More To The Point (I)

Not much happening at outer Gull Point Sunday afternoon – cormorants, gulls, Turkey Vultures, and a few distant Black-bellied Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeer, etc.

House Finch (m)
Northern Cardinal (f)

OTOH, some great activity at the ‘big bend’ bay-side beach access, including at least five Greater Yellowlegs:

1 Greater Yellowlegs

And surprisingly (for this time of year), a Short-billed Dowitcher:

Dowitcher foraging
Yellowlegs (l, r) + Dowitcher (center)
4 Greater Yellowlegs

Series of Greater Yellowlegs (left) + Short-billed Dowitcher (right):

Dowitcher taking flight:

Dowitcher (r) + Yellowlegs (l)
Dowitcher (center) + Yellowlegs
Dowitcher (r) + Yellowlegs

Dowitcher landing:

Here’s a shot of 5 Yellowlegs (5th is center left foreground/blurry) + 1 Dowitcher (center right):

Dowitcher (r) + Yellowlegs

Finally for “Part I,” two juvenile plumage Bald Eagles in a tree adjacent the lagoon/lake of the above shots (past east side of Thompson Bay):

[Editor’s note: ID on Greater Yellowlegs – overall size, slight barring on flanks, slightly upturned bill, + Merlin voice ID. (The Yellowlegs with its beak shown open above was unusually vocal.)]