Prairie yields sparrowlike birds but also ibises
Ibises took off
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Friday, August 11, 2017
August shorebirds
August shorebirds that come through Eastern Nebraska seem to be fewer species than in the spring. Tht should make it easy to ID most. But there are more young birds among them.
These two were obviously least sandpipers:
But so was this:
There were tons of pectoral sandpipers at Tamora near Seward.
The yellow leg birds behind are Wilson's phalaropes
There was also one red-necked phalarope with a black smudge on the face and shorter bill. It also swims well and spins in the war.
Some birds look like they are working as a team or at least very tolerant of each other.
It's been hard to find anything without green or yellow legs, but here was the one semipalmated sandpiper at Jack Sinn (Killdeer for size comparison):
These two were obviously least sandpipers:
But so was this:
There were tons of pectoral sandpipers at Tamora near Seward.
The yellow leg birds behind are Wilson's phalaropes
There was also one red-necked phalarope with a black smudge on the face and shorter bill. It also swims well and spins in the war.
Some birds look like they are working as a team or at least very tolerant of each other.
It's been hard to find anything without green or yellow legs, but here was the one semipalmated sandpiper at Jack Sinn (Killdeer for size comparison):
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