This morning I woke up with plans to do a long day of birding, only to hear the sound of pouring rain. I decided to at least look around for local bird reports, and my friend Matt found a report of a Vermilion Flycatcher. I decided that rain or shine, this was a beautiful life bird to go chase down. Matt decided to stay home to watch football, but Eamon wanted to join me for a little birding (even though he has already seen a bunch of Vermilion Flycatchers). We ended up having to drive out of our way to get gas, and we went past a pier with great mudflats and lots of shorebirds. We took a brief scan of the area and then went to find the flycatcher. Eamon ended up spotting the bird within a few minutes, and it was beautiful even from as far back as we were. Here are a few of the pictures I got, with some pretty bad light:
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Dunlin
Dunlin
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher (I am pretty sure)
Vermilion Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
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