It wasn't exactly labor. Unless you count it as a labor of love. It was mostly blue-winged teal though so maybe that's stretching it.
This was a pretty average flock. It doesn't look that big, though it's actually 50-60 birds.
20 flocks like that and suddenly you're talking real numbers. The movement was very heavily dominated by the Blue-wings, this flock was an exception in that it contained a couple shovelers (leading the top line).
A flock of 10 Forster's terns came by close.
Medium sized terns are a lot easier to identify when they're close enough to see the mask. It's harder to judge primary color since fall Forster's have a lot more dark in the wing than they do in the spring.
A buff-breasted sandpiper was an ironic addition after the very chaseable one close to the house.
This is a montage of distant pics.
4 Black-bellied plovers flew past at close range as well, at least 2 still in pretty full breeding plumage.
All in all a very rewarding morning.
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