The Beautiful Scenery: BwBTC bird the Charlestown Breachway

Howdee all,

This past Saturday a group of Birders who Blog, Tweet and Chirp

got together to bird two areas in Charlestown, RI.

First on our list was Charlestown Breachway.

We all knew there would be a wet crossing to the mud flats, so we prepared our gear so that it would stay dry.

We walked thru the RV campground to the boat ramp and followed the shoreline to the crossing area.

Stopping on the way to view a distant rookery

Dan and Cindy at the crossing..

A second small crossing..

Almost there Least SandpiperWe met a few other groups out birding the flats. It wasn't as birdie as the week before.

But..

We had great views of a Buff-breasted Sandpiper (A life bird for Jeff and I and a few others on the trip)

Other highlight birds Black bellied, Semipalmated,and Piping Plovers.

Western,White rumped,Spotted, Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers and a questionable Bairds. I have to say, I really wish these little peeps were easier to ID.

I am a lazy birder and try to soak in a little information each outing,I don't do home study very well.

Western Sandpiper A few White rumped sandpipers We birded the flats all morning… It was time to have lunch.. So we followed local birders across the flats to a shallow crossingIt was lovely, the water warm and refreshing on a hot day. The grasses were full of mosquitoes..Ouch!