lesser yellowlegs – The Jersey Birder

A fine birding spot ruined, or nearly so

Canada geese ply the marshy area in front of one of the newly built warehouses on the site.

One of my frequent and favorite birding spots until last year was Mercer Corporate Park, a site with a USDA office and a few other small office buildings clustered around two small lakes that attracted a wide variety of birds. For many months, construction crews have put up two large warehouses and dramatically changed theContinue reading “A fine birding spot ruined, or nearly so”

For variety’s sake, Veterans Park in Hamilton serves us well

A greater yellowlegs stands in the shallow end of a lake on one leg, the other tucked under its body. The water is greenish. Two least sandpipers are in the background at right.

Veterans Park in Hamilton is just a bit too far for me to reach on pre-work mornings, so I usually go there on weekends. The man-made lake attracts a good variety of birds, and it’s not unusual to spot a bald eagle there. Last weekend, I paid an afternoon visit and spotted some shorebirds onContinue reading “For variety’s sake, Veterans Park in Hamilton serves us well”