I started at Sandy Point again, but I’m still not getting the colorful sunrises I did last year.

Terrapin was much better. There were a lot of early flyovers, then a few egrets and ducks showed up to make life more interesting.

I spent some time looking for passerines, but there wasn’t much to see.

Sandy Point at Dawn.

It’s been a while since I saw a Wood Duck with chicks at Terrapin.

This is a Cattle Egret.

These are young Mallards.

This Red Winged Blackbird was standing guard.

4 Snowy Egrets were fishing in the big marsh pond.

A few Purple Martins were soaring over the water.

Several Ospreys were fishing in the bay.

2 Green Herons greeted me this morning.

It was raining early, so I  got to Terrapin around 7:30, and there wasn’t much to see in the marsh. A lone Bald Eagle flew over, and a Green heron called, but the only interesting photo opp was a lone cattle Egret in the big field near the parking lot. Later, it was joined by 7-8 more.

I decided to stop at Sandy Point to see what birds the storm might have brought in, and found a few Terns and Gulls, along with a small flock of Sanderlings. I usually drive right by Sandy Point on my way home, so I may have stop more often.

This Crow is checking out an unguarded picnic basket at Sandy Point.

Most of the Cattle Egrets I see are at Terrapin.

I’m not sure why gulls, like this Ring Billed, seem to bathe.

This is an adult Laughing Gull.

These Sanderling also seemed to be bathing.

These seem to be Forster’s Terns.

This one is likely to be a Royal Tern.

A greater Black Backed Seagull, the world’s largest gull.