Happy to see last weeks lone
Black-bellied plover now has a traveling companion…
*foraging within Sanctuary of Sands, southwestern tip, Fishers Island
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 10, 2018
Just back from checking for any whale spout activity off Isabella; It’s calm enough.
I did see 6-8 brilliant bluebirds flit around me as I rode the path thru the Pickett Landfill-magical!
You can believe your eyes…
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 7, 2018
Canada Geese Flotilla within Hay Harbor. “Oh Henry Ferguson Museum!” Gratitude for stewarding unique Big Stony habitat-all year round*.
*Loving our “Native land”….
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 6, 2018
Member of the Parade Ground “gang”
Between their warming up on the Elizabeth Field runway and eyeing freight off load the Munnatawket;
South beach tidal pools are their forage mainstay.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 6, 2018
Yesterday’s rip currents flood by.
With cold temps causing refraction; neighboring islands and Plum Gut appear “right there”
* atop bunker, Race point.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 5, 2018
A lone Black-bellied Plover
briskly forages along these winter grounds within Sanctuary of Sands today.
*juvenile plumage
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 4, 2018
*single tracking westward
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 4, 2018
It’s sturdy sailing this morning
with these beautiful dabbling ducks.
Just north side of Big Stony, Hay Harbor;
I was very happy to document!
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 3, 2018
Bufflehead pair
Sea ducks bobbing in Hay Harbor
* a tad bumpy
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 3, 2018
Big Club beach:
These “large” Sandpipers scurry and probe foraging within wave tidal deposits.
* Thanks for helping me to narrow down this shore bird ID to Conservancy’s Adam Mitchell, Wildlife Biologist University of Deleware.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 1, 2018