White rumped sandpiper

Just a little break between the clouds made me have a fast check on Mosteiros again. Yesterday the SP Sandpiper warmed me up and staying home starts to become a hard job.
I found it again on the same spot as yesterday and took a fast recordshot whit the old Nikon. On this moments I start thinking about the DHL van who should bring me my 400mm lence already last week but stil not arived.

Obviously glad that the bird did not leave us yet I went on searching some more pools and ramps and almost did not found the verry wel hided Whiterumped Sandpiper between the brown waterline. You could see that it just arived and I could aproach whithout any problem.
One new yank a day.Autum birding on the Azores has started.

Semipalmated sandpiper

Finaly hurricane Nadine got lost and opens the way for american vagrants. First check at the end of the day on my local patch Mosteiros brought me this Semipalmated sandpiper. Let the rest come soon.

Azores Goldcrest

Calm weather and wind from the east is delaying the influx of American  vagrants. So we are killing our time whit Bullfinches and the three supespecies of the very entertaining Azores Goldcrests

Finaly autum

Garganey day

Yesterday 3 Gaganeys all in differente spots of Sao Miguel Island

Spotted Sandpiper

Today two Spotted Sandpipers on my patch. On the last sunlight stil a distante picture whit my old Swarovski scope and a legendary Nikon Coolpix 4500 wich was a present from a verry dear friend.

Greather Yellowlegg

The second Yank. Greather Yellowleg on Sete Cidades