Brown Thrasher sand-bathing, 6/29/18, Milford Point video

Brown Thrasher sand-bathing, 6/29/18, Milford Point, 2 videos: bird looks stressed,  uncomfortable and itchy.  At least 10 PIPL chicks in about 5 families are on the main sandbar.  A few straggling shorebirds have been around, with the Dunlin quite out of date--often a sign of underlying physical problem.

Brown Thrasher taking sand bath, 6/29/18

Great Egret, Milford Point, 6/29/18

Dunlin, Milford Point, 6/29/18

Dunlin, Milford Point, 6/29/18

MODO, Milford Point 6/29/18

SEPL, Milford Point 6/29/18

AMOY pair, Milford Point 6/29/18

8 Black Skimmers, Milford Point 6/29/18

PIPL female adult, Milford Point 6/29/18

PIPL, Milford Point 6/29/18

PIPL, Milford Point 6/29/18

Sandy Point II, Summer Bird Count, 6/9/18

Sandy Point II, Summer Bird Count, 6/9/18

Sandy Point, Summer Bird Count, 6/9/18

Sandy Point, Summer Bird Count, 6/9/18

American Oystercatcher, Sandy Point, 6/9/18

Eastern Willet, Sandy Point, 6/9/18

Herring GU, eating Spider Crab, Sandy Point, 6/9/18

Peck Ave, West Haven, PIPL 6/9/18 adult PIPL with chicks

Clapper Rail, Morse Point, 6/9/18

Ruddy Turnstones, Least Tern, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Morse Point 6/9/18

RUTU, Morse Point, 6/9/18

Clapper Rail, Morse Point, 6/9/18

Peck Ave, West Haven, PIPL 6/9/18 chick moving back in exclosure, male watches

Peck Ave, West Haven, PIPL 6/9/18 adult male PIPL with chicks

Peck Ave, West Haven, PIPL 6/9/18, both adults with chicks

female PIPL sheltering chick, Peck Ave, WH, 6/9/18

female PIPL sheltering chick, Peck Ave, WH, 6/9/18

4 PIPL eggs, perhaps deserted on Morse Point

male PIPL, Morse Point, 6/9/18

videos of Piping Plover chicks sheltered by adult, Sandy Point, Milford CT 6/9/18

videos of Piping Plover chicks sheltered by adult, Sandy Point, Milford CT 6/9/18

Monarch FOS, home garden 6/7/18

Monarch FOS, home garden 6/7/18.  On Dogbane.

Watch Hill (Napatree Point) Birds, 6/5/18/18 SBDO. RUTU, SESA, WRSA

Watch Hill Birds, 6/4/18.  Went looking for a Curlew Sandpiper that had been at Napatree Point two days earlier, but did not find it.  Birds below were present; no photos of Bank Swallows, but they breed here.

Short-billed Dowitcher, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

Short-billed Dowitcher, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

Short-billed Dowitcher, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

Short-billed Dowitcher, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

Short-billed Dowitcher, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

Short-billed Dowitcher, SESA, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

Short-billed Dowitcher, RUTU, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

RUTU, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

RUTU, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

RUTU, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

RUTU, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

Semipalmated Sandpipers, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

White-rumped Sandpiper, Watch Hill, 6/5/18

Video of Bill-vibrating Snowy Egret, Milford Pt, 5/31/18

Bill-vibrating Snowy Egret, Milford Pt, 5/31/18.  Video of common fishing technique of Snowy Egret   at Milford Point in inter-tidal area.