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barnegat lighthouse state park, Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, photography, postaday, ruddy turnstone
Ruddy Turnstones are fairly common on the New Jersey shore. I have been seeing them since this Spring. Wearing their breeding colors, they are easy to spot on the jetty at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park.
Ruddy Turnstones. The one on the left was apparently resting.
Ruddy Turnstone.
Ruddy Turnstone.
In flight they look stunning.
Ruddy Turnstones in flight.
Last week at the Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, many birds covered a small island in the marshes. Scanning the island through my camera’s viewfinder, at one point I saw sand being thrown upward by tiny feet. After a few minutes, it turned out that it was a Ruddy Turnstone making a perfectly round scrape as a nest site.
Scrape made by Ruddy Turnstone.
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Oh that is such gorgeous plumage … handsome! 🙂
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These birds really stand out when they are in a flock of several kinds of birds, like when they all gather to eat horseshoe crab eggs.
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Great capture showing some of the lifestyle of these colourful birds
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Thank you Diana!
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These are very striking birds and you captures them well!
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Thank you John!
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I’m confused – why on earth would a turnstone in New Jersey in August want to build a nest? Oh well, with nature, you never know. And I’m a bit surprised they are still in breeding plumage, too. Great photos, as always!
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You are not the only one. I was surprised also to see her digging out the scrape this late in the season. There is still time, but this is cutting it very close.
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Wow, maybe another bit of climate change evidence – an adaptation. 🙂
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You really do have a special knack for photographing birds ~ great series Hien.
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Thank you very much!
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I love their bright orange legs! So many sea birds have orange legs, there must be an evolutionary advantage to them.
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You may be on to something, Emma. Maybe that color attracts potential mates.
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Sexy to other birds, eh?
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Beautiful photos again, Hien!
Ruddy Turnstones visit South Africa in summer, but I have yet to get a decent picture of one.
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Do you go to the shore? That’s the only place where I have seen them.
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A beauty of a bird. I love it when when they do birdie yoga– ‘Tree Pose.’ 😉
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Ha, ha! Birds do that yoga tree pose.
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Arenaria Interpres does not live in South Europe. This bird is amazing, and wonderful are your photos 😀
Ciao
Sid
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Thank you Sid!
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Great images once again! Ruddy turnstones only migrate through my part of the world as far as I know, so I seldom see them in breeding plumage as you do. It seems late in the year for one to begin building a nest though, I hope that it works out for them.
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Thank you Jerry! I had the same thought about that nest, and just hope the bird knows what it is doing.
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What pretty birds.
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Thank you Katelon!
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Oh, beautiful birds!
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Glad you like them, Takami!
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Beautiful.
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Thank you!
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