{"id":184169,"date":"2015-09-13T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=d0bb02634b11d66aec158523848386a5"},"modified":"2019-12-23T00:57:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:57:43","slug":"marl-bed-flats-8262015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/marl-bed-flats-8262015\/","title":{"rendered":"Marl Bed Flats, 8\/26\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last week I drove out to Marl Bed Flats. It has historically been my favorite place to look for shorebirds, but it has all but dried up, and the shorebirds are all gone.<\/p>\n

I was hoping with all the rain we’ve had recently that things might change, so I gave it another shot. Still no shorebirds.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the morning was a flyover Eastern Kingbird – it didn’t even have the decency to land in the park for a photo.<\/p>\n

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Red-footed Cannibalfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spicebush Swallowtail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So I turned my attention to butterflies and other insects. If I were more devoted to butterflies, I suspect I would see far more than I do. I see lots of them but I’m usually too tired and sweaty to give them much attention. I photographed three butterfly species and one robberfly.<\/p>\n

I also learned something new about checkered-skippers. I’ve seen Common\/White Checkered-Skippers before (the two species are essentially identical), but I also saw a Tropical Checkered-Skipper. You can tell the difference between the two by the white spot on the wing that is past the dark bar on the forewing.<\/p>\n

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Tropical Checkered-Skipper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Common\/White Checkered-Skipper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just in case you might be interested in my slow morning of birding, here’s my eBird checklist for the morning.<\/p>\n

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