I led the Three Capes Tour for the Birding and Blues Festival last weekend. Spring migration had not quite kicked into high gear, but there were some nice birds around. This is one of two Black-bellied Plovers we saw on the beach the day before the tour. They were losing their dull winter plumage and growing in some crisp black and white feathers.
Black-bellied Plover with a Mole Crab
Black-bellied Plover tracks
At Whalen Island, this Dark-eyed Junco and Purple Finch were sharing a treetop.
These Long-billed Dowitchers were some of the few shorebirds we saw on the tour. Most shorebirds were migrating well off-shore that day.
This patch of Red-hot Poker at the Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery always seems to attract good birds. This year it was a pair of Downy Woodpeckers.
This Barn Swallow sat and posed for us for quite a while.
Ethical Birder 