Presqu'ile Shorebirds - 3

VIDEO of territorial Sanderling who is the boss of the dead carp. The carcass is teaming with flies and larvae. Watch how it shoos away a Dunlin. Gull Island in Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 16 September 2017

 

VIDEO: Juvenile Sanderling and first winter Dunlin feeding together and getting along. Gull Island on 16 September 2017.

VIDEO About 28 juvenile Sanderlings fed among the algae-vcovered rocks on the shoreline. 16 September 2017.

 

VIDEO Dunlin feeding along algae-covered shore of Gull Island onb 16 September 2017. This Dunlin is molting from juvenile to first winter plumage.

 

Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper to left and adult in worn breeding plumage on right. Good comparison. Gull Island 16 September 2017,

 

Adult Pectoral Sandpiper in worn breeding plumage on Gull Island in Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 16 September 2017.

 

 Two Pectoral Sandpipers on alert on Gull Island in Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 16 September 2017.

 

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Presqu'ile Shorebirds 1 on 7 September 2017

Presqu'ile Shorebirds 2 on 16 September 2017

Presqu'ile Shorebirds 4 on 19 September 2017