Summer’s end has been
quiet, with the same birds at the feeder that have been there since I put them
up last winter: Finches, Sparrows, Titmice, Blue Jays, Chickadees, and Doves.
Then I went on a photography workshop on an island off the New Hampshire coast.
And although I didn’t see a wide variety of birds there, the large gull
population provided interesting photo opportunities, such as this immature
Great Black Back Gull pleading to be fed.
And this one shouting above the wind.
A Herring Gull posing on a tombstone.
There were a few other species. This little peep found food in a sheltered pond.
The best recent sightings were at a wildlife refuge after I returned home. The American Bitern pic was very difficult to get because he blended so well with the grasses.
Luckily, this Clapper Rail liked to pose.
The fall migration is just beginning. Soon there should be many interesting sightings to report. I'm looking forward to seeing a wide variety of hawks in Cape May.
