Fall Birding Heating Up

30. October 2009 by Capt. Tommy.

Happy Fall Y’all!

Sorry I’ve been MIA for the summer. I have been working on some outside projects but it’s now time to get back to birding!

We made a trip up to the Refuge Wednesday aboard the Skimmer. Spencer and Janet Youngblood  hosted a group for the 1st trip of the year. We only saw two cranes on the wing about a mile out but we should get some more birds in the next few days with these fronts. I was surprised that we didn’t see any ducks as there had been some redheads coming and going along the eastern shore of The Peninsula for a few days preceding the trip.  My favorite shorebird flat at Dunham Bay  produced Semi-palmated and Piping Plovers as well as  Dunlin, Sanderling, and American Avocets. Also present on the flat were Caspian, Royal , and Forster’s Terns, Laughing, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls. Further north we also picked up Long Billed Curlews, White Ibis, TV’s, as wel as all of the usual herons and egrets, Northen Harriers and a far off White-tailed Hawk. The tide was very high and the south wind was howling so we made our way back toward Fulton along the protected San Jose shoreline where we picked up three large groups of Roseate Spoonbills.

We officially start our season Saturday November 14th so come on down and do some birding with “Skimmer style”.

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