In the evenings I’ve been watching the shorebirds from the tower at the birding center to get the white-rumped sandpiper. I had it all figured out by size which bird he should be (bigger than a western sandpiper but smaller than a dunlin), but from that distance I couldn’t make out the plumage pattern to make the call; not even with the scope. Then, finally, it flew. White rump! White rumped sandpiper. The only small shorebird with a white rump when he flies.
Now two birds to go: the golden winged warbler and the hudsonian godwit. I think the time has passed for the golden winged warbler but we’ll keep checking Paradise Pond just in case. We might have one more weekend for the hudsonian godwit.
