Day 284 - a Year by the Sea

Migrants pass through on their way south. Often there are birds which never spend their summers or breed here. Sometimes they seem out of place in a marsh separated from the Atlantic by one road and a small bridge. This little guy is a Brown Creeper. They creep around and up and down tree trunks eating bugs. The curved bill is very elegant. This particular bird came to my attention while I was watching some herons. I didn’t even notice it until it popped into my binoculars obscuring my sight of a Great Blue. What is this? Taking the binocs from my eyes, I could focus on this bird not eight feet in front of me. It was totally oblivious to me and was busy eating. This is a bird that belongs in heavily wooded forests and not in a thicket next to a marsh. It was a delight to watch.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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