Tag: Spotted Sandpiper

Photos: Bald Knob WMA Revisited

August 1, 2022
Black Tern

The Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge never disappoints. I never know what I am going to find, and the latest visit didn’t disappoint. This visit included four Black Terns (including one molting adult) flying above and sitting in the fields neighboring Coal Chute Road. Black Terns migrate through most of the United States, with some of their breeding range including the very northern part of the nation. Its non breeding range is along the coast of Central America and the top part of South America.

This was my first time to see Black Terns. While they were the only firsts for me today, there were plenty of other birds who were very cooperative in being photographed:

Common Yellowthroat
Mallards
Eastern Kingbirds
Prothonotary Warbler, Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Spotted Sandpiper
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-throated Warbler

Bayou Meto springtime

May 1, 2013

Barn Swallows
Barn Swallows

I typically visit the Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area in the fall and winter — never spring and summer. I broke tradition this year by taking a late afternoon drive through the area with Izzie. Boy, was I glad I did. There were Barn Swallows, Dickcissels and Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds at the Halowell Reservoir while Indigo Buntings and Blue Grosbeaks lined the roads leading to and from the reservoir. Overall, it was a pretty drive with a gorgeous sunset (see the last pictures).

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Barn Swallow

Blue Grosbeak, Female1
female Blue Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak, male
male Blue Grosbeak

Dickcissel, pair
A pair of Dickcissel

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Goose, Snow and Greater White-fronted
Geese — a snow and a greater white-fronted — that each had a drooping wing.

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Indigo Bunting
Indigo Bunting

RT Hummingbird1
female Ruby-throated Hummingbird

RT Hummingbird2
male Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Sandpiper, Spotted1
Spotted Sandpiper

sunset

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