On September 16, 2018, (Sunday), I decided to give the yard a break and hit the road. I began with birding March Point, with the primary aim of photographing a few Caspian terns I had seen on a drive-by a couple of days previously. I encountered these two Great Blue herons at different locations.
At the Headquarters Tract on Fir Island I found a large number of yellowlegs, a mix of Greater and Lesser. (I’ll let you sort them out!) I sat and watched them for a considerable length of time, watching them fly back and forth between a pair of logs in the water. Even the closest log was a little further from my shore location than I would have liked.
I walked around the wetland and returned to my original location, taking more photos. While I was looking through my camera’s viewfinder something (probably a hawk) flushed the yellowlegs, and in the panic that ensued three of the yellowlegs flew towards me and landed in the water at a much closer distance! I was suddenly in business!
During the panic and its aftermath I managed to get one of the yellowlegs in flight.
When I returned to my vehicle I found three species of sparrows in the bushes.,, juvenile White-crowned sparrows, Song sparrows and this Lincoln’s sparrow, perhaps the rarest of the three species.
On the way back to March Point I ran across this Red-tailed hawk. Unfortunately I was zoomed in when the hawk flew so I wasn’t able to capture the entire hawk in the photo, Nevertheless, I like the photo
Meanwhile, once again touring March Point, I found the Caspian terns out feeding and took many photos.