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Saturday, June 15, 2019
HIGH LEVEL OF LAKE ONTARIO AT CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA,WHITBY,ON, 6/11/2019
You can see the record high level of Lake Ontario in this photo. Normally where there is a land strip separating Cranberry Marsh from Lake Ontario, this land stripe is now underwater.
Monday, June 10, 2019
LONG-BILLED CURLEW (NUMENIUS AMERICANUS)(RECOVERED PHOTO), MCINNIS COUNTY PARK,SAN RAFAEL,CA, 11/16/2017
We can ID this shorebird and sandpiper as a Long-billed Curlew as follows:
- Large size
- Very long, downcurved bill
- Long neck and small head
- Pale cinnamon underparts and neck, with dark stripes on the neck
- Bill is pinkish towards the base of lower mandible and otherwise black
- Grayish legs
- Dark streaks on upperparts
The Long-billed Curlew is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 908.
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