I didn’t realize how long it has been since I’ve been birding, but I knew I desperately wanted to get out there again. So, despite the fact that I knew birding would be slow, we went out to Theler Wetlands last week. Of course, the tide didn’t really cooperate with us since it was low tide when we began our walk.
We didn’t see many birds, but I definitely enjoyed even seeing familiar birds, like this Killdeer eating an amazingly long worm-like creature.
It must have been breakfast time for the birds because a small flock of Mergansers were repeatedly diving in one spot and several came up with bottom fish.
Although I’d hoped to see more shorebirds , we did see a small flock of Western Sandpipers back and forth, stopping to feed on the shore.
This Black-Capped Chickadee was so busy feeding that it didn’t even bother to glance at me.
Only this Song Sparrow paused eating long enough to greet us.
