So full disclosure, today's post has no new birds to talk about. But I just wanted to post and talk about how ready I am for migration season to begin. My last visit to the Point let me see a lot of old early migrants. Teals, Gadwalls, Wigeons and Brants were all around. A few RB Mergs were also around. I did see a Northern Harrier fight some serious winds along side some Ring-Billed Gulls. While I did not get any new birds, I did enjoy being outside and seeing some serious birds in their environments. An Osprey was nest building, or trying to anyway, since there were a few people around trying to fix an Osprey Cam. When the link is up and running I will attach! One thing I did enjoy was seeing how birds organize themselves. As I posted before, Alvaro Jaramillo had posted that bids often organize themselves by size, a real pecking order! I saw this for myself as I scanned and examined a sandbar. At one end, Great Blacked Gulls dominated the bar, then Ring-Billed mixed with Brants and then at the end, tiny little Dunlins were fighting for space at the end of the bar. Beyond listing and building one's list, it is important to start seeing what the birds are doing around you. I will definitely be looking out for the birds and their habits. And I've attached some fun Observations below. If you have something interesting, please comment below:
WB Nuthatch going up a tree like a Brown Creeper
BH Nuthatch going at a tree like a Woodpecker
RB Gull chasing some tree swallows with a similar flight pattern
RT Hawk buzzing a flock of Mallards for fun
RS Hawk chasing a murder of crows instead of the other way around
Greater Yellowlegs running around a mudflat in circles
Any good ones?
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