Yesterday afternoon, Joan and I headed down to the public beach on Gregg Lake. Joan was intending to do a little beach maintenance and I was intending to photograph the odonate nymphs she would disturb while raking the beach.
Our plans were nicely disrupted by the sight of a small bird foraging along the waters edge. The bird turned out to be a spotted sandpiper and it was clearly feasting on dragonfly nymphs. I spent about an hour and a half observing and photographing this bird… moving ever closer as time progressed. I was so engrossed, that I did not even notice Joan leave for her meeting in town!
Eventually the traffic on the road, specifically a jogger, caused the bird to take off. I finally found the bird again out on “the point”, but figuring I had some good photos already and did not pursue it again.
Instead, I headed off to town to run a couple of errands. When I finished, I drove my Powder Mill Pond “loop”. There was lots of song bird activity at my various stops. However, I was only able to make photographs of the song sparrows in on place.
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Hi Frank
We are back in the states sitting in JFK waiting for a flight to Boston. Love the Spotted Sandpiper shots feeding on odonate nymphs. Really great. Good to be back. Hope to be in touch soon
Blessings and Cheers
K
Comment by Kevin — 8 May 2014 @ 1:41 PM