On both October 4th and 8th I headed down to Long Beach which is located along the Cape Race road to photograph some late season shorebirds. The large concentrations of rotting kelp are covered with small flies which the birds are feeding on. I was able to photograph the following species:
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Sanderling
Dunlin
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| Dunlin |
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| White-Rumped Sandpiper |
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| White-Rumped Sandpiper |
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| Semipalmated Plover |
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| Sanderling |
Also I got some brief looks at a few Merlin's and one Northern Harrier. RIght as I was heading back to the car this Mourning Dove landed on the road...
Just past Cappahayden I seen this beautiful bull Moose.
Over the next few weeks there is supposed to be some very interesting weather systems on the move. One of them may bring european vagrants but we will have to wait and see how it plays out. In the mean time I've been trying to get out and capture more landscape images. One of my first locations i had to make sure i got images was of course Cape Spear!
More to come next week!
I would have said autumn is our longest season! Stretching from early August until late November!
ReplyDeleteSpring must be our shortest season. Not sure that it really exists actually :p
Actually winter is our longest season, from November until May. Spring is June-August. Summer is the shortest.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I should have mentioned, I love the first photo (above) of the Cape Spear lighthouse - the scale almost seems distorted in a really cool way. Great composition.
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