With Don Fraser, Julia ___ (our captivating guide), and two others; an evening walk before dinner and the nocturnal moth survey, organized by Virginia "Ginny" Hamilton of The Nature Conservancy. We walked about 1 mile to an overgrown and impassable boardwalk over a wetland, then returned to the entrance around 2005.
About 40 going to roost near a bayhead.
With Don Fraser, Julia ___ (our captivating guide), and two others; an evening walk before dinner and the nocturnal moth survey, organized by Virginia "Ginny" Hamilton of The Nature Conservancy. We walked about 1 mile to an overgrown and impassable boardwalk over a wetland, then returned to the entrance around 2005.
With Don Fraser, Julia ___ (our captivating guide), and two others; an evening walk before dinner and the nocturnal moth survey, organized by Virginia "Ginny" Hamilton of The Nature Conservancy. We walked about 1 mile to an overgrown and impassable boardwalk over a wetland, then returned to the entrance around 2005.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.