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Red
Knots and Other Shorebirds -
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This year the number of adult Red Knots
using Longridge was lower than preceding years. Reports from the
Canadian Arctic suggest knots may have had a poor breeding
season because of cold weather. Longridge Point, James Bay, 2 August
2012. |
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Barb Charlton creeping
up on Red Knots resting at the tip of Beluga Point. She was looking
for flags on the knots in next photo. 23 August 2012. |
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We saw the first juvenile Red Knot
on 12 August and by late August the flocks were mostly juveniles as
in the above photo on 23 August 2012. |
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Adult Hudsonian Godwits
fatten and molt at Longridge Point before migrating to South
America. 10 August 2012 |
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See video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhN5UPU_Xm8 |
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White-rumped
Sandpipers were the most numerous shorebird at Longridge with a high
count of on 10,288 on 21 August 2012. |
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Video link of
White-rumps feeding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UxxNQMBjs8 |
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Juvenile Ruddy
Turnstone on 30 August 2012 |
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Juvenile Sanderling
above. See Sanderlings
and a juvenile Bonaparte's Gull feeding on 28 August 2012. |
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Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMGkgGyGSrY |
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Gray morph juvenile Baird's
Sandpiper on 28 August 2012 |
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Juvenile Semipalmated Plovers on 28
August 2012 |
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Juvenile Semipalmated
Sandpiper on 28 August 2012. See video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0sKp1sraK8 |
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Now go to Page 3 - More Shorebirds |
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