surfbird

We saw a flock of about 50 of these on the beach, which I was told is quite unusual.

I think this is the last postworthy bird shot from that trip. Just a landscape and a couple of wildflowers left, then it's back to Europe. Oh, and Surfbirds were one of my lifers that trip, but I've posted some other shots of them already.

Snorkeling Surfbird. Another one I was planning on posting Saturday. Of course, I could have posted these on Sunday as Sunday Silliness shots, but Sunday I woke up late (obviously, after getting home from hospital in the wee hours) and still tired. Then we had waffels and tea at the neighbours'...

Weekend at the coast looking for shorebirds, found a few, including this lovely Surfbird

This is a lifer for me, as I have been able to track down this rather uncommon bird (at least down here in Mexico)

Surfbirds (Aphriza virgata) Photographed at waters edge at the mouth of Pucusana harbor, Pucusana, Lima Department, Peru.

A 7D large JPEG cropped to 3300X2200, then reduced to 900X600.

There are 4 Surfbirds, 2 western Sandpipers in the photo, the rest are Sanderlings. The Surfbird is an interesting wader. Status is "Least Concern", but can only be found for about 2 weeks each year, usually in September.If you are lucky, you can hit into a flock of 100+ of them, (and...

This bird was sitting atop a seaweed covered boulder that emerged from the sand at low tide in the intertidal zone of the sand beach at Chachagua, north of Valparaiso, Chile.

An oldie taken way back in 2006

We don't get much surf in Seattle, 140 miles from the open ocean, and most of the rocks were placed for human construction, but the birds were happily grazing what there was. Theyre supposed to eat mollusks and crustaceans, but these seemed to be pecking at the algae. For more...

We don't get much surf in Seattle, 140 miles from the open ocean, and most of the rocks were placed for human construction, but the birds were happily grazing what there was. Theyre supposed to eat mollusks and crustaceans, but these seemed to be pecking at the algae. For more...

The first sight of Surf Bird this season and only 4 seen. For the pass 2 years, a flock of around a hundred was seen in Iona jetty in early Dec. They stay for only a few days. This year they are late, may be too cold.

Hundreds of this bird in non-breeding plumage looked for food at the Jetty end in Iona.

Surfbird