This morning, friends of mine, Nate Fronk and Tim Schrekengost went to BESP to search for waterfowl. Waterfowl numbers and diversity were down, but they did find a juvenile Dunlin foraging on a sunken road at the east end of the park. Drew and I needed this for our county lists, so we carpooled out there and arrived by 11:00am. The Dunlin was right where Nate and Tim said it would be. I was able to sneak in closer for the following photos.
Juvenile Dunlin
Juvenile Dunlin
Juvenile Dunlin
Other birds seen included the following:
Canada Goose 100
American Black Duck 9
Mallard 4 –Â 2 male, 2 female
Lesser Scaup 7 –Â 3 male, 4 female
Bufflehead 13 –Â 5 adult male, 4 juv male, 4 female
Hooded Merganser 13 –Â 5 male, 8 female-type
Common Merganser (North American) 10 female-type
Ruddy Duck 8 –Â 4 male, 4 female-type
Common Loon 1 adult
Double-crested Cormorant 1 adult
Bald Eagle 1 adult @ nest
American Coot 85 –Â large group @ Hunter Run Launch
Dunlin 1 Juvenile; Foraging on the sunken rd @ the entrance to Hunter Run Cove
Ring-billed Gull 1 adult
Rock Pigeon 60
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 20
Horned Lark 25 flyovers, calling
Black-capped Chickadee 2
European Starling 60
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6
Northern Cardinal 2
American Goldfinch 20