Fort Erie
Upon word of a rare Curlew Sandpiper in Fort Erie...i decided to make the trek on October 13th. 13 was apparently my lucky number because i was not disappointed. Also got the best views i have ever had for a Dunlin. Two male Kestrels, a Bonaparte's Gull and a Greater Yellowlegs rounded out the day.
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Curlew Sandpiper:
"The Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea, is a small wader which breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia. It is a vagrant to North America."
(Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curlew_Sandpiper)
Curlew Sandpiper (foreground), Dunlin (background)
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Trio of Shorebirds (2 dunlin, 1 curlew sandpiper far left)
Greater Yellowlegs
