FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8th
Stratford Point, Bioblitz HQ
Karen and Sue, one team of several, recording birds for the Blitz
Black-bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola, feeding in the mudflats at low tide
several Northern Mockingbirds, Mimus polyglottos, were singing from any high perch
Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis - even fresh roadkill counts in the Bioblitz
Cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus sp., seen at dusk on Stratford Point
in the interest of full disclosure, this is the cottontail photo before photoshopping
lights of Short Beach at after sunset
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9th
Stratford Point Encampment at dawn
Raccoon tracks, Procyon lotor, in sandy flats near Short Beach
immature Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea, near Short Beach
Great Egret, Ardea alba, near Short Beach
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, near Short Beach
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Harley, Terry and Lynn of the Connecticut Valley Mycological Society identify and label fungi at Blitz headquarters
saltmarsh at Stewart B. McKinney National Seashore
high tide floods the path to the observation platform
Karen 'scoping the saltmarsh
So, our two-woman team had 60 species during the twenty-four hour period - and the total for the whole Blitz was 122 species. We had only one totally unique bird - the Black-throated Green Warbler, but several unique species were seen in "our territory" by others as well.
the White-tailed Kite, of course
the American Pipits, right on the sandy shore of Stratford Point
the American Bittern, in the saltmarsh pictured above
and the Common Nighthawk, which did a late-evening fly-over of the Point, witnessed by several astonished onlookers.
Hooray for lots of people being out birding - that's what I think.
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