More Variety at Lighthouse Marine Park

Sunday morning at Point Roberts produced another new bird for the year. It was an overcast day as the photo below shows. The high winds earlier in the year had brought a lot of driftwood onshore.



The day started out with some of the usual suspects in the water close to the shoreline.


Common Loon - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA

The Harlequin Ducks won't be here much longer, they will be heading inland to the mountains to breed.


Harlequin Duck - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA

The female Red-breasted Mergansers were also in camera range.


Red-breasted Merganser (F) - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA

On the shore I caught a glimpse of some small shorebirds in the rocks, my first view of Sanderling for the year.

Sanderling - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA

2018 Bird #86

Here's a short movie of one moving around the rocks.

I got some nice shots of them close up.

A related but different looking sandpiper put in a appearance with the Sanderling.

Black Turnstone and Sanderling - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA

Back in the ocean a Common Loon was wrestling with a catch.

Common Loon - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA

Here's a rare shot of a male and female Merganser together.

Red-breasted Merganser - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA

And finally a few shots of a group of Harlequin Ducks.

Harlequin Ducks Sanderling - Lighthouse Marine Park, Point Roberts WA

It was another productive day at Point Roberts.