Two coots on the pool, a few mipits and a small flock of goldfinch were the soaring highlights of a wander over the 'Yank magnet' that is Lamby Tip around high-tide this afternoon. No sign of the pectoral sandpiper found there on Friday. That makes two pec sands there this year alone....what chances of a third I wonder?
The lack of a pec sand was only slightly compensated for by discovering a previously undescribed to science Peruvian flowerpecker (1st winter male) feeding on the dead remains of a Labrador Duck at Lamby Lake. I managed to examine the carcass and from the notching on the breastbone I was able to identify that the culprit was almost certainly a second calendar year Lesser Kestrel (probably a male). Tomorrow I'm going to wander along RGW so look out.
2 comments:
That's you and me Randal,i was up there c1.30ish,i was lucky with the Coot as well,i did have a Hobby move quickly through though.Otherwise a single Blackwit at the river and a Whinchat at Lamby lake.
fantasy birding its coming at you from all angles
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