Sometimes when I walk at Charlie’s Pasture the birds are far away. I have binoculars, but I can’t identify shorebirds out on the mudflats that far away with 8 power magnification. The scope is bulky to carry very far, so I don’t carry it out there. No problem. I have my time-lapse scope with me. My camera. It fits in my pocket. I can’t make any identification through the viewfinder of the camera, so I still don’t know what I’m looking at when I take the pictures, but it’s a 20 power lens. When I get home and transfer the pictures to the computer I get to see what I saw. From far away, I saw a Least Sandpiper.
A Semi-palmated Plover.
This one looks like a Piping Plover.
And I found a couple Short-billed Dowitchers in front of some Black-necked Stilts. One is really letting the other have it!
A Semi-palmated Plover. This one looks like a Piping Plover. And I found a couple Short-billed Dowitchers in front of some Black-necked Stilts. One is really letting the other have it!