Pecs, Yellowlegs & Plover

While it was a little brighter at Boundary Bay today, which is good from the photography perspective, it was still fairly quiet on the birding front.

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

At first I could only locate a handful of Pectoral Sandpipers.

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

They were foraging close to the dyke along the high water mark.

Greater Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs

In the tidal pools around the pilings,

Greater Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs

… was this lone Greater Yellowlegs.

Greater Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs

It was quite cooperative providing a few good photo opportunities.

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

As the afternoon progressed I noticed there were several more Pectoral Sandpipers tucked away amongst the clumps of eelgrass a little further out. Still no Sharp-tailed Sandpiper though.

Black-bellied Plover
Black-bellied Plover

On my way back I managed to get fairly close to this Black-bellied Plover which was on its own on the periphery of the main flock.

Mixed Shore Bird Flock
Mixed Shore Bird Flock

This larger flock had Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, Sanderling and Western Sandpipers.