Not so daily critter report

[kathydwells]

I saw these birds Saturday morning. I've tried in vain to identify them in my Audubon guide, but I believe they are both some type of sandpiper. Does anyone know?

The larger one kept working that hole until it retrieved the ghost crab that was down there. It then took it out to the gulf and rinsed off the sand before swallowing it.

Notice that one of the littler ones only has one leg.

I was told by a very reliable source they are Sanderlings...There is a great picture in my album that I took of one in September!!!

 

[kathydwells]

Sanderling (Sandpiper) Article.

 

[kathydwells]

Oh, btw...I love this thread.

 

[Ocean Lover]

I love the critter reports too! Looking forward to more...

 

[TreeFrog]

OK, from my Audubon guide, I thought the little ones were Sanderlings. But the big one is a different bird, nearly twice the size and with a proportionately longer beak. From all the sandpiper pix I've pored over, I think it is also a member of that family, but I don't know which one...

 

[TreeFrog]

These ghost crab burrows are under the trash bag at the Ramsgate walkover. There are a couple at the Eastern Lake walkover, too, also under the trash bag. The crabs are pretty elusive - I've only seen one of them, but you can clearly see their tracks in the photo.

 

[TreeFrog]

It's a couple of days old now, but here's an anole in the pine tree in my yard. I like the all-green photo.

 

[DD]

 

[Ocean Lover]

I like green...green is the new black ya know. ;-)

 

[barefootguy]

My daughter and her friend caught 2 big toads and 3 green anoles today. As I type this, we have one great big raccoon wandering along the edge of our pond.
But I don't have pictures of any of this to share.