Well we are bringing our summer travels to a close and
heading back to Vegas. However, before we headed out, we needed to try to identify
a couple of birds we’ve been seeing. While snooping around in the Tijuana River
Preserve near the Mexican border south of Imperial Beach, we spotted these
pretty yellow-bellied birds all over the place. Based on a distant blurred
siting and a good description of its habitat and behaviors, we are pretty
certain that we spotted Orange-Crowned Warblers, another first for us!
We also have seen these before, but just assumed they were
some kind of Snipe or Dowitcher, which we have seen in Alaska and along the
West Coast. However, based again on a combination of the visual siting along
with a detailed description of the kind of habitat it likes, and how it feeds,
particularly by the water, we are pretty sure this is a Least Sandpiper, another
first identification for us.
Talk to you soon!
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