At our house.
Staying up late. Got an eclipse to check out.
Christmas lights
Goose Island
And a day-trip to Goose Island State Park
And an American Oystercatcher in his natural habitat; on an oyster reef.
National Seashore
A drive down the seashore…
Caspian Tern
Caspian Terns, Royal Terns, Ring-billed Gulls, Willet
Piping Plover
Snowy Plover
Digging crabs
Annie is a determined crab digger. She digs and digs, stops and sniffs to determine the direction of the crab, then goes back to digging. It looks like this:
..and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALAlSS7C_s4
Henry watches everything.
He’s a total mimic. He picks a spot in the sand and digs. He stops and puts his chin down. He bites the sand. He digs again. He has no idea what he’s doing.
Full-contact
Competitive birding. Fourteen days left. The scramble for position is on. I found a couple more birds to put in. I’m number 100! For the day anyway.