Spotted Sandpiper - Oliver Slough, BC While out checking shorebirds on the fall migration at Boundary Bay around 112th Ave. Around the mouth of Oliver's slough on the ocean side of the pump station, there were 5 spotted sandpipers who had already molted out of their spots. They were acting a bit strange as they were hunting flies on the shoreline which had them running from place to place with an outstretched neck. It reminded me of a show on the Salt Lake Brine flies and California Gulls. There is a bit of history here on Oliver Slough and the oyster farms when there was no pump station. Michael W Klotz - www.TheBirdBlogger.com 2022
Spotted Sandpiper - Oliver Slough, BC
While out checking shorebirds on the fall migration at Boundary Bay around 112th Ave. Around the mouth of Oliver's slough on the ocean side of the pump station, there were 5 spotted sandpipers who had already molted out of their spots. They were acting a bit strange as they were hunting flies on the shoreline which had them running from place to place with an outstretched neck. It reminded me of a show on the Salt Lake Brine flies and California Gulls. There is a bit of history here on Oliver Slough and the oyster farms when there was no pump station.