I got to check off a few birds from my life list in the past 2 days: Tri-colored Heron, Merlin, Glossy Ibis, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Ruddy Turnstone. It seems that each day I am able to check off at least one more due to the diversity where I am working. Today the Merlin (small falcon) decided to give us a little show by trying to agitate every large bird in sight including the Fish Crows who were not even harassing it like normal. The little falcon even tried to knock a Laughing Gull out of the air. Fortunately for the Laughing Gull, he was much bigger then the Merlin and was able to overpower it.
Yesterday morning I was dragged out to a popular bird watching spot at sunrise and got this photo of some Eastern Kingbirds. There was actually a larger flock of them, but these were the only two individuals who got close enough for photographing.
After such an early morning, and working in the blazing sun for 9 hours I sure was glad to finally see the sunset over the meadows (although this brought on the hordes of mosquitoes).
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That must have been quite a sight to see, all those Tree Swallows. Look to be a lot there!
You're seeing some great birds with this job.
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