Sunday Shots, 08/23/26

Well, we finally had a little bit of shorebird action in the Black Dirt Region this weekend. Emphasis on a little bit. But it’s a start, and I enjoyed myself. On Saturday morning I had my first American Golden-Plover of the year. It was in a field with many Killdeer, a Least Sandpiper, and a single Semipalmated Plover. On Sunday, those birds continued and Jeanne Cimorelli also found a pair of DISTANT Baird’s Sandpipers. When I joined her, the birds were just inside the range where the heat shimmer wasn’t too awful, allowing for decent scope views. Later in the morning, at 6 1/2 Station Road Sanctuary, I had a similar cast of characters as last weekend – a couple of Lesser Yellowlegs and smattering of Least Sandpipers.

~Semipalmated Plover in the black dirt, 08/23/26.~
~Killdeer striking a pose in a puddle in the Black Dirt Region, 08/23/26.~
~Killdeer taking a bath in the black dirt, 08/23/26.~
~Terrible photo, but I wanted to include one shot of the American Golden-Plover in the Black Dirt Region, 08/22/26.~
~I’m loving the plumage on this European Starling. BDR, 08/22/26.~
~There is no shortage of Green Herons right now. This one was at the Liberty Loop, 08/22/26. I also had over half a dozen of them at 6 1/2 Station Road Sanctuary on 08/23/26.~

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