Fall Migration along Park Point & Wisconsin Point 2012 & 2013

Black-bellied Plovers	21 Marbled Godwit	Ring-billed Gulls	Takeoff!	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Parasitic Jaeger (adult, light morph)
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Herring Gull - my good friend Alan Contreras calls these oddly-moling gulls "uuuuugly gulls" :)	Herring Gull with a white neck ring. Garbage, or odd molt?	Adult light morph Parasitic Jaeger	Adult light morph Parasitic Jaeger	Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Bubbles along Lake Superior	Distant peeps going by	Distant peeps going by	Rock in the Water	Lake Superior Rocks
Under the Canal Park lift bridge	Waves	Driftwood along Lake Superior	Driftwood along Lake Superior	Least Sandpiper and Semipalmated Sandpiper	Least Sandpiper flying by
Least Sandpiper	Semipalmated Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper	Semipalmated Sandpipers eating along the beach	Semipalmated Sandpiper showing some semipalmated (partially-webbed feet)	Semipalmated Sandpiper stretching!	Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Shorebirds coming head-on!	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Cooper's Hawk patrolling Park Point	Bubbles and a feather along the edge of Lake Superior
Butterfly	Prepping for the early morning... An owl mug that was given to me for my birthday last week	Enjoying an early morning on the lake	My tool of choice for scanning the skies for raptors, and the shores for shorebirds. I'm a Pentax guy	Rose	Rosehip
White Admiral	American Kestrel	Bald Eagle	Can you find the Buff-breasted Sandpiper?	Buff-breasted Sandpiper... Here it is!!	Common Mergansers
Semipalmated Plover	Semipalmated Plover	Sunrise on the lake	left to right - Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Sanderling, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Sanderling	Back-to-front (Semipalmated Plover, Sanderling, Buff-breasted Sandpiper)	Sanderlings zipping by
Sanderlings zipping by	Baird's Sandpiper (left) and Semipalmated Sandpiper (right)	Semipalmated Sandpiper in front... my gosh, who is that???	It's a Sanderling!	Sanderling (left) and Semipalmated Sandpiper (right)	Sanderling (left) and Semipalmated Sandpiper (right)... a little scenic shot
Sanderling	Sanderling, giving the wing a good stretch	Sanderling	Semipalmated Sandpiper with an ant!	Sanderling	Semipalmated Plovers
Semipalmated Sandpiper - showing off some of that semipalmation	Migration is a dangerous time for shorebirds. Hunkering down against a washed-up log	Canada Geese (the lower left bird was significantly thinner necked/shorter winged) - possible "lesser"	Distant ship in the morning	Half of a sunrise	This morning's sunrise
Adult Bald Eagle - many birds migrate with open beaks... they're working very hard!	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Buff-breasted Sandpiper flying by	Can you find the Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper flying by	Buff-breasted Sandpiper laying-low in the sand	Common Mergansers riding a gradual wave	Common Mergansers	Common Mergansers	Common Mergansers
Sanderling	SAND no palmation.jpg	Sanderling	Semipalmated Plover and a Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Semipalmated Plover dancing around, and a freaked-out Buff-breasted Sandpiper	1 Least Sandpiper, 2 Sanderlings and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers... can you tell them apart?
Dunlin	Dunlin looking at the camera	Dunlin with a little scratch	Semipalmated Sandpiper looking at the reflection	Semipalmated Sandpiper... this little bird had a stressed right wing	Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Baird's Sandpiper (right) with Sanderlings	Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull, splashing and drinking	Ring-billed Gull
Red-necked Grebe	Semipalmated Plover	Sunrise	Northern Flicker	Northern Flicker	Northern Flickers
My brother Nick releasing the Pectoral Sandpiper	My brother Nick releasing the Pectoral Sandpiper	My brother Nick releasing the Pectoral Sandpiper	Go Pectoral Sandpiper, go!	Pectoral Sandpiper	Grasses
American Kestrel coming head-on	American Kestrel	Sanderling running along the beach	Sanderling scratching its face	Sanderling through driftwood	Sanderling
Sanderling	Sunrise	American Golden Plover	Birders... part of the group of 14 birders that attended the first fall Duluth Audubon bird hike!	Holding an injured Ring-billed Gull. We brought it to Wildwoods Rehabilitation of Duluth :)	Holding an injured Ring-billed Gull. We brought it to Wildwoods Rehabilitation of Duluth :)
American Golden Plover (left) and Black-bellied Plover (right)	American Golden Plover (bottom right) with Black-bellied Plovers	American Golden Plover with Sanderlings	American Golden Plover with Sanderlings	American Golden Plover... can't touch this!	American Kestrel
American Redstart	Baird's Sandpiper	Baird's Sandpiper	Black-bellied Plover	Common Loon	Magnolia Warbler
Magnolia Warbler	Magnolia Warbler	Osprey	Sanderlings with an American Golden Plover	Sanderlings around the American Golden Plover	Palm Warbler
Palm Warbler	Driftwood	Least Flycatcher	flycatcher1.jpg	flycatcher2.jpg	clinging to the gull feather on a windy day
Black-bellied Plovers	Shorebirds coming in for a landing	Wood in the sand	American Golden Plovers	Merlins playing around during the Duluth Audubon Autumn birding hike	Merlin during the Duluth Audubon Autumn birding hike
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Caspian Tern	Cape May Warbler	Franklin's Gull	Franklin's Gull	Oh look, a fine assortment of Ring-billed Gulls here
Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull... you lookin' at me?	Sabine's Gull... one of the sexiest gulls around!	Sabine's Gull	Gulls Galore!	Robbye jump-starting Jaegerfest
American Golden Plover (left) and Black-bellied Plover (right)	American Golden Plover (bottom right) with two Black-bellied Plovers	American Golden Plover with a Sanderling. Note the plover's mottled rump.	American Golden Plover with a Sanderling	American Golden Plover... can't touch this!	Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover with the Sanderling buddies	Sanderlings and American Golden Plover	Least Flycatcher	Snow Geese, with Cackling Geese	Birders	Sunrise during Jaegerfest
American Golden Plover (background) with other plover (foreground)	American Golden Plovers in flight	American Golden Plovers in flight	Black-bellied Plover	European Starling	Fox Sparrow
Scanning the lake	Savannah Sparrow	Gull Feather	American Golden Plover (behind) and interesting plover (front)	Plover	Plover
Plover	Plover	Harlequin Duck flying by	Meadowlark	Cackling Goose (left) and Canada Goose (right)	2nd-winter Herring Gull
Merlin	Merlin	Merlin. This is the bugger who can been causing the ruckus!	Ring-billed Gull... stretching	Ring-billed Gull preening	Ring-billed Gull preening
Ring-billed Gull chasing the Merlin away	Sunrise	Sunrise	Semipalmated Sandpiper (left) and two Baird's Sandpipers	Baird's Sandpipers	Baird's Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Jaeger	Jaeger	Jaeger	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper behind a Semipalmated Sandpiper	Marbled Godwits	Parasitic Jaeger	Parasitic Jaeger	Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull
Semipalmated Sandpiper preening	Semipalmated Sandpiper fluffing up after preening	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Semipalmated Sandpiper jumping around	Parasitic Jaeger