Monthly Archives: September 2021

The birds may be quiet inland, but the shorebirds are continuing to migrate through our area in good numbers. Yellowlegs are common, like this Lesser Yellowlegs. Two photos of Yellowlegs in flight. The tail looks like one of those fancy fans when it spreads out for landing. The most interesting migrants are pretty scarce andContinue reading “Lots of Shorebirds”

Bird activity has slowed quite a bit but there are still photo ops every time I go out with my gear. These are some recent sightings. There are some sea ducks beginning to appear off the coast but the real duck action has been on the ponds. This is a male Mallard that is stillContinue reading “Quiet Times”

The heat, humidity and rain have left us, at least for a while. Now I’m looking forward to some early fall outings in New England’s best season. These are some recent photographs that I like and want to share in the meantime. I was trying to get a decent ID photo of a Night HeronContinue reading “Some End of Summer Photos”

A cloudy morning between rainy spells turned out to be a raptor-fest. The salt pannes (water filled depressions in the salt marsh) were full of shorebirds pausing on their migration. There were also a large group of egrets and a few swans and geese. One of our group spotted a young Bald Eagle approaching theContinue reading “Raptor Morning”