Last weekend when I checked visited the Westbrook shoreline early in the morning.
Right from the start I knew it was the right tide and right time for seeing shorebirds.
As I started to walk up the beach a yellowlegs seemed to be leading the way.
This may not look like the ideal place to go surfing at low tide but for the shorebirds it was breakfast time.
There were plenty of Ruddy Turnstones like this one were around.
AsOystercatchers picked through selections at the raw bar ….
the Semipalmated Plovers just behind them had their own idea of what looked good on the daily menu. There were lots of Black-bellied Plovers and peeps around as well.
There was a strip of beach that was perpendicular to the shoreline making it convenient to walk out further during low tide.
There were lots of terns active along the sides of it including Least Terns which had eluded me in prior weeks.What a difference the tide makes.
Once high tide arrived there were plenty of people and dogs but the shorebirds were gone and you would never know that just a just a couple of hours before it was a bird bonanza.
Larry Nichols
Married, I am not a casual weekend birder,-still learning-still making mistakes. I am not a writer or photographer but enjoy blogging about my outdoor adventures. I am currently using a Canon PowerShot SX50 HS camera, Meopta Meostar 8x42 binoculars, and a vortex spotting scope. The Name Brownstone Birding Blog comes from the fact that I in which Portland has been known for its brownstone quarries for many years. Much of the brownstone used for older buildings in New York came from the town of Portland.
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