Sunday 12th August

A bit quieter today with the Warblers less evident than yesterday. The weather was a lot different with heavy cloud cover to start with although that began to break up by mid morning. Saw Tony P. on the way down to the finger lakes and he told me there was a Female Shoveler on Fingers. I soon located it as I walked along the spit and then I noticed 2 more, all on the west side of the spit.

Along the spit a Great Spotted Woodpecker posed on a dead branch, possibly the same one as yesterday.

Again the Great Crested Grebe chicks were very noisy and the Adult and chick in lilly pads were close enough to photograph.

Came across 2 new Moorhen families around the Finger lakes, one with 3 chicks at the Sedgewick seat and one with 2 chicks at the bend in the path nearest the steps. The Grey Wagtails in the Canoe Slalom numbered 6 today but they flew to the trees before I could determine how many adults and juveniles.

Nothing else out of the ordinary to report.