Semipalmated Plover - Patcher #141

This Sunday morning felt more like fall than summer, something I don't mind at all. The mudflats did not disappoint and shorebird migration sure seems under way now. Undoubtedly best bird of the day was a Semipalmated Plover, patch bird number 141! Other waders included several Pec Sandpipers, a handful of Least Sandpipers, Solitary Sandpipers, Spotted Sandpipers, a Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons,  and the always present Killdeer. This was also the second time I have seen Blue Grosbeak here this year. I am no expert on turtles but this Eastern Box Turtle crossed my path and it's my first time I notice them here, although they are probably abundant here. Well here it comes for the statisticians then:

Total: 141 species
Year: 102 species or 72%

And again we have successfully reduced beautiful and charismatic creatures to sheer numbers! Way to go!

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