Final day so down to the western mangrove for a mind numbing boring stint with the tide well out. Although the Gull and Tern crew were present in reduced numbers there wasn't a single wader to be seen. Then just as one decides whether to throw the optics into the Caribbean Sea a sanity saver breezes in and drops down a cricket pitch length away. The Yellow-crowned Night Heron is probably my favourite Egret/Heron especially when it poses for photos as they all tend to.
Inspired, I went up to the eastern mangrove and was rewarded with another trip newcomer a Pied-billed Grebe no less. This too allowed a couple of shots before taking to diving and disappearing for a fair while.
The 4 Killdeer all flew in close up to check on me and the Green Heron twice give me a rollicking before doing a photo call.
Others: 3 Great White Egret, 2 Snowy & 1 Reddish, Savannah Sparrows c12, SB Ani 2. Again a couple zipping unid warblers.
After munch it was down to western again for the final sweep and it turned out a reasonable move. I got good shots of both Wilsons Plover & either Piping or Snowy. At this time of year differentiating between these two can only be done after a lot of heartache.
The Spotted Sandpiper finally give itself up for a full diagnosis and a couple more pics although this bird is another neurotic one and never approaches the birder unlike say Semi P Plover does. There were 3 of the latter present, 1 Double-crested Cormorant & another unid radioactive warbler.
I've obviously been bypassed by the Yankee migration but I suppose c54 species isn't to be cried over.
