As the summer winds down, I returned to LB, LI to checkup on the shorebirds. There were lots of peeps foraging in the sand.
![SemiPalmatedPlovers](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vy0HcJm_WoRsm2eL4RWKPbxC0FXA9ZLqNS_SDHJLGXj1aO38gy1T37g2FyLnRpJ3B_VTwW8NrdXMtCkDNMCNboXu_4-3B1--qY3L69L26PYFwF9C-BznIr4rXr1cubH5JT=s0-d)
Close up of a semipalmated plover:
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A family of oystercatchers had nested on the beach and I found them doing well.
![AmericanOystercatcher](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sDncI8Tvwc97rqz4Ip4lFKadnGSsmeSMpwwhqcZ47R2mPrwIXBdzw6k6-2upOwXKzvtRDBzR5mFn0ljpkfNQNAftnHrHMKmMxO6lbRsL5x-9eAPEYoiO95XVxr3CUo1wT2=s0-d)
Their young can now hunt on their own.
![JuvyAmericanOystercatcher](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sJ10Bbww53F-YOw117T1vkfvK6nxOqgeVd1cL7Nq8gpKywvCb4gptWr__AJrm7630TQ8FDvcjSBwZ52ALIENKluH_yOfcIFiOsJTRQYsQawIo9BHMXByT3RFLVFzhyFteQ=s0-d)
Speaking of hunting, the ospreys were continually making fresh catches.
2 comments:
Beautiful oyster catchers.
thanks for your comment OWTD!
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