It was shorebird-a-go-go at the outflow yesterday.  They were everywhere and very accommodating. While most were Baird's Sandpipers there were enough White-rumped Sandpipers to confound and delight. I've a more substantive post planned, but for now here is a White-rumped Sandpiper photo.

Yesterday evening Leah and I were surprised to find a Semi-palmated Plover at Marcil Lake.  Not (after last year), surprised that it was a Semi-palmated as opposed to a Common Ringed Plover, but I didn't expect one there.  I've long thought it would be a great spot for them, but had yet to see one…

Last night, I was going through some photos that I took over the past few days. Travis, looking over my shoulder as he is wont to do, pointed at photo of a gull and said "Thayer's Gull Dad."  He was, correct, it was a Thayer's, which makes me very proud. He noted the tips of…

A brief stop at First Bridge after work, and before prepping supper found this fellow.  He was displaying and strutting his stuff for the female he was trying to impress. 

Saturday morning, while the rest of the family slept, I went out to Marcil Lake. Well, the outflow of it really. Qarsauq (Red-throated Loons) had arrived, with five pairs on the small ponds. I spent some time on my belly, waiting for a decent shot (there was also a female King Eider on the pond,…

Not a sharp photo, as I shot it quickly, hand held through the open windows of the truck, at too slow a speed. But they sure are beautiful birds in their breeding colours.  Enjoy, all you southerners who only get them seen in eclipse plumage.