i'm baaaaaaack

Birds seen on my trip to the beaches of Delaware:
COMMON TERN
LEAST TERN
BROWN PELICAN
GREAT EGRET
LAUGHING GULL
BONAPARTE's GULL
HERRING GULL
RING-BILLED GULL
GREATER BLACK-BACKED GULL
BANK SWALLOW
TREE SWALLOW
BLACK VULTURE
TURKEY VULTURE
RED-TAILED HAWK
PURPLE GALLINULE
GREAT BLUE HERON
SWAMP SPARROW
WILLET
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
FISH CROW
MOURNING DOVE
MALLARD
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
BROWN THRASHER. My dad was particularly excited to discover the thrasher, hopping quietly along some underbrush along the Bay. I thought the Willets and Purple Gallinule were the most spectacular, the Gallinule being a life list bird for me (this is a bird i've never seen before). Vultures are pretty freakin cool, too, esp. up close. And an Egret is a sight to behold, taking slow flight, white and low among the sea-green marsh grasses in the gathering dusk.