I was on the way out the door to work and got an email that a Yellow Throated Warbler had been seen at Sachuest Point in Middletown, Rhode Island. Soooo work..lifer? Work....lifer? I picked the lifer search at least for a few hours. So off I went to Sachuest. It was a bit windy so I wasn't that confident of seeing the warbler. Yellow throats are not real common in the northeast. Their territory is New Jersey south. So when I arrived I got another email that the YTW was no longer being seen at Sachuest. Major bummer! I decided to look around anyway and fortunately as soon as I got out of my truck. Bam! There it was jumping along the edge of the building.
Amazingly tame bird. I set up my camera about 20 feet away and stood still and it flew within 3 feet. I got alittle crazy and took over 200 photos. Umm oops!
Yellow-throated warbler
Yellow throated warbler
Yellow throated warbler
After my short, but successful trip to Sachuest Point, I visited the beaches and had some pretty good luck with shore birds. Hopefully I've identified them correctly. Shore bird identification is my nemisis.
White rumped sandpiper
American Avocet
American Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Sanderling
