I took these pictures in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge this last summer:
Check out the moth flying out - through the water - from under the bird on the left while they are fighting
Bonus picture: common tern with its catch:
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Shorebird fight
These little birds fly 14,000 miles every year from their wintering grounds in Brazil and Surinam to the breeding grounds in the Arctic - sometimes all the way west in Alaska. On their way south, they stop by our area around mid-August. They are Semipalmated Sandpipers, and they are among the most numerous shorebirds in the world (although their population is 70% below their historical normals).
I took these pictures in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge this last summer:
Check out the moth flying out - through the water - from under the bird on the left while they are fighting
Bonus picture: common tern with its catch:
I took these pictures in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge this last summer:
Check out the moth flying out - through the water - from under the bird on the left while they are fighting
Bonus picture: common tern with its catch:
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