Day 278 - 5th October 2015 - Dunlins, Red Knots, Black-Bellied Plovers and Sanderlings

Oh it's Monday again.  The start to the workweek. I've only got a couple of regular weeks left it's important to me to get things cleared up. I hate leaving things piled up for the winter. It will come together I'm sure.
Sunday was windy and cool, but if you could find a spot in the lee with the sun it was nice. We headed to Sandhills Beach in Villagedale. Beaches this time of year are pretty well empty - great time for birding. We weren't disappointed. There were lots of Sanderlings, Semi-palmated plovers, Red Knots, Black-bellied Plovers and a couple of Dunlins. Of course there were Gulls - they are just part of the landscape, although I usually scan them to see if there is anything different. We drove back up through Reynoldscroft and Thomasville to Clyde but the ponds on the side of the road didn't yield anything interesting. Back home, I put together and potato scallop to go with the ham for supper. Larry went to the garden and began picking more tomatoes, since they were calling for a frost.

Seven Red Knots and one Dunlin. There were at least Sixteen Red Knots.

Semi-palmated Plovers huddled against the wind.

This Dunlin was very co-operative for photos.















Black-Bellied Plover.

There were lots of Sanderlings - this is only a small selection of them.















They were busy feeding, paying little attention to me.






Enjoy your day!