In between lunch and dinner I took advantage of the bright sunny day and took a three mile hike around the island. I cataloged all of them and put a checklist up on eBird with 24 species on it. I walked most of the east side of the island and made it to the lighthouse.
The deer were watching me
Song Thrush
More deer
Blackbird
A cool little cottage in the woods
A tiny well in the background
The island is quite beautiful
Herring Gull
Hooded gull
Mute swan
The golf course
A fake owl
Mallard
Eurasian moorehen
Getting all of my ducks in a row
Looking up the west side of the island
A big berm
The swamp outlet into the river
Here is the lighthouse
Some sort of depot
Little egret
Rook
Common Redshank
Tussocks of grass
Perhaps a common greenshank? Merlin made the identification from its call
A train went by honking its horn and scared up all the gulls
Little grebe
The Redshank
Perhaps an otter
Walking down to the water
Common Sandpiper
Very skittish birds
Eurasian Curlew
Basking in the sun
