Not having been getting out as much as I used to, I headed out to Boundary Bay this afternoon. It was mixed sun and cloud and the tide was out when starting my walk along the mud flats. Not seeing much initially,
… I did come across a small group of Long-billed Dowitchers that were quite cooperative.
There were a few Baird’s Sandpiper present as well. Then things started to pick up,
… with hundreds of Pectoral Sandpipers arriving. With all of the Pectoral Sandpiper present, the search was then on for a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. A Northern Harrier kept hampering these efforts hunting along the dyke and flushing the shorebirds.
My patience was eventually rewarded when I found this lone Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.