Passing migrants.
4 10 2009
Buff-breasted Sandpiper number one. Photo copyright Rick and Elis Simpson.
On our way to start our first day at the now opened Ubatuba Birdwatching Centre, Elis and I stopped to have a look at a passing tern, this turned out to be a Cayenne Tern and nothing more unusual. As we got back into the car Elis noticed a shorebird on the grass verge near to where we had parked, this turned out, on the other hand, to be very much more interesting, it was a Buff-breasted Sandpiper.
As we watched and photographed it, a second bird arrived and chased the first off, it didn’t go far however, and as I watched it I noticed a third in the background behind it. Sadly the three were never close enough to photograph together. This is an Ubatuba and Brazil tick for me, so very gratifying.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper number two crossing the parking area. Photo copyright Rick and Elis Simpson.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper number three. Photo copyright Rick and Elis Simpson.
