Member of the Parade Ground “gang”
Between their warming up on the Elizabeth Field runway and eyeing freight off load the Munnatawket;
South beach tidal pools are their forage mainstay.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 6, 2018
Yesterday’s rip currents flood by.
With cold temps causing refraction; neighboring islands and Plum Gut appear “right there”
* atop bunker, Race point.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 5, 2018
A lone Black-bellied Plover
briskly forages along these winter grounds within Sanctuary of Sands today.
*juvenile plumage
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 4, 2018
*single tracking westward
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 4, 2018
It’s sturdy sailing this morning
with these beautiful dabbling ducks.
Just north side of Big Stony, Hay Harbor;
I was very happy to document!
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 3, 2018
Bufflehead pair
Sea ducks bobbing in Hay Harbor
* a tad bumpy
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 3, 2018
Big Club beach:
These “large” Sandpipers scurry and probe foraging within wave tidal deposits.
* Thanks for helping me to narrow down this shore bird ID to Conservancy’s Adam Mitchell, Wildlife Biologist University of Deleware.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 1, 2018
Islands appeared just a hop, skip and jump away from beautiful Big Club beach, Fishers Island.
Very peaceful here this gray day.
*Block Island
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, November 30, 2018