Sunday @ Gull Point

From this past Sunday along the Gull Point Trail (appropriately enough under sunny conditions), starting with a better shot of the new information kiosk:

A sign of something fun

Following are along the official/inland trail including the first bayside beach access by ‘big bend’ (where the trail turns). First, Lesser Yellowlegs at the edge of one of the interior lagoons:

Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Plovers
Juvenile Red-winged Blackbirds
Rabbit on trail
Juvenile blackbirds II
2 Yellowlegs @ lagoon edge
Yellowlegs @ bayside beach
Semipalmated Plover in flight
2 Yellowlegs II
Semipalmated Plover landing
Yellowlegs (l) + Semipalmated Plover (r)
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover at water’s edge
Semipalmated Plover landing II
2 Yellowlegs III
More Yellowlegs on beach
Semipalmated Plover @ water’s edge II
Mixed small shorebirds in flight
2 Yellowlegs IV
More shorebirds in flight
Killdeer (l) & Yellowlegs (r)
Trio – Killdeer, Short-billed (?) Dowitcher (middle), & Semipalmated Plover (r)
Lots of plovers

Lots of Semipalmated Plover activity on the bayside mudflats, see, e.g., above. More digital photographs of plover activity coming up soon!

1 Plover
Dowitcher reflection w/ Killdeer (r)

[Editor’s note: mixed small shorebirds in flight above – Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, & Semipalmated Plover.]

[Editor’s note 2: re. blackbird ID above, the 2 were identified as juveniles based on colouration + begging for food from a nearby adult male. No good photographs, unfortunately, of male/juvenile interaction.]