The Nemesis Bird

Here are some closer crops of the photos I took of the possible Little Egret.
Click on photos to zoom in.

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Closer crops of Little Egret photos”, url: “http://blog.birderswiki.com/2008/07/closer-crops-of-little-egret-photos/” });

The egret found by Chuck Chalfant. Noticing the dark lores he began contacting others. Here are the pictures I took through my scope and Frank Haas’ scope which had a higher zoom.
Click on the images to zoom in or go to the Picasa gallery where I also have two videos. I have also posted closer [...]

Hearing a report that there was a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Alcoa Marsh in Lancaster, I headed off to check it out early this morning. Arriving at the marsh, the first birds I heard were Yellow Warblers and a Willow Flycatcher. Scanning the edges of the marsh there are several dead trees, perfect for perching [...]

left: @ Middle Creek by Geoff Malosh- right: @ Conejohela Flats by Drew Weber
Above is a comparison of a photo Geoff Malosh took of the Middle Creek White Ibis with a photo of the ibis I took at Conejohela Flats.
Although these pictures show different sides of the bill, Geoff has another picture that shows both [...]

Finally got out on the flats for the first time since late April. There had been both an immature White Ibis and a Sandhill Crane hanging out there together so I was hoping to see both these birds. Unfortunately, only the White Ibis was around while I was on the flats but it was very [...]

While the Wood Sandpiper is considered accidental, i.e. very rare, in the lower 48, it has been recorded breeding in the Outer Aleutians. It is even rarer on the east coast.

Wood Sandpiper- Delaware, 5/9/08
A Wood Sandpiper showed up in Rye, New York in early winter 1990. The sighting was covered in the New York Times. [...]

Friday afternoon I posted that I was off to chase the Wood Sandpiper being seen in Delaware. I got picked up at my house around 11am and by about 1:30pm we were driving down Broadkill Road, looking for a swarm of cars. When we pulled in, people seemed to be milling around, not really looking [...]

In just a couple minutes I will be getting picked up to chase the Wood Sandpiper that is being seen at Prime Hook in Delaware. It was seen at 9:00am this morning and we should be there around 1:00pm. Hopefully we get there while its around! This is the first East Coast record since the [...]