The rare species for the area, the Purple Sandpiper found on January 1, 2022 is still hanging around on the Milwaukee lakefront. Another Purple Sandpiper has also joined it so there are two now for the last week or so. I have not been down to the lakefront for some time and decided to check them out. They both were present at the beach area and gave nice views. The first one I found was feeding along the icy shore and the second I found bathing underneath a rocky area. It was a cloudy morning but temps has eased some from the last week, today was 23 degrees, low winds, it was pleasant. Images were taken on January 17, 2022.
The Purple Sandpiper, bird #1 finding things to eat along the shore…
The Purple Sandpiper, bird #2 found under some large rocks bathing…
Flew around under the rocks, maybe stretching those wings?
Superb! There was also a ruddy turnstone with them.
The ruddy turnstone was banded.
As always, beautiful photos.
Why is I called a purple sandpiper?
Beautiful
Jim, great pics. I finally got to see both the Purple Sandpiper and Ruddy this morning!
I went to McKinley 3 times and struck out every time. One problem is that I can’t walk.
As usual the photos are superb.