I started my birding today at Burnt Mill Creek from the Cross City Trail in Wilmington. I spent way too much time scrutinizing a goose that looked good for a Greater White-fronted Goose, but after much deliberation I finally decided was a domestic Greylag. Talk about wild goose chase. Picked up some easy birds I still did not have photographs of:
Red-Shouldered Hawk.
Ruddy Duck - have seen a ton of these but I can't seem to get a photo I am happy with. At the risk of not getting one before the winter is over here is shot from today.
Brown Thrasher - this bird was so intent in flipping leaves in search of worms and other critters that it did not notice me sneak up on him/her.
I tried the ILM airport for possible migrant shorebirds but nothing of interest. So I headed to my final destination - Holly Shelter Marina which is a trail that runs along the NorthEast Cape Fear River and then about a mile down opens up to a huge impoundment.
Yellow-throated Warbler
I was really looking for the Lincoln Sparrows that Sherry Lane saw a couple days ago but no luck.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - swallows are very difficult to photograph so I will settle for this pic. Uniform brown on topside.
Lighter brown on belly with almost white vent.
Great times.
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