Jekyll Point nursery school

Last Friday, I went out to the south end of Jekyll.  There were all ages of terns.  There were Least Terns resting before another attempt to catch a small fish or maybe even be feed a fish. 

Here is a Royal Tern fledgling looking hopefully at any tern. 

 When that doesn't work, it gets up and begs.  It didn't work the adult just walked off. 



 However for me,  I enjoyed watching all the Sandwich Terns resting in the area. 

 This is a very young Sandwich Tern.  The first time I saw one of these terns, I thought I had a rare species. 

Of course that bubble was popped when the adult came in and feed it a fish. It might be hot getting to Jekyll Point but it worth it to stand in a nursery school of terns.

Quiet Sunday

Hello Sunday was quiet.

I took the opportunity to walk in my favorite place- the south end of Jekyll Island known as Jekyll point. There are generally loads of shorebirds , gulls and terns to watch. All three Wilson Plover juveniles were there racing around. The Sanderlings and Least Sandpipers are returning from their breed grounds. It is a pleasure to see them. Some of the terns present were Least Terns, Royal Terns, and Sandwich Terns. There was one very young juvenile Royal Tern whose the bill was still short and shout and still yellow orange. Any way it was a great break.

I did see four folks from Colorado. They thought the birds were rocks so I invited them over to look through my Leica Scope. They enjoy the birds especially the Wilson Plovers juveniles. All in All it was a good bird walk.


Gray Kingbirds are found on Jekyll in the Summer They nest in the trees near the convention center and this year at the south end.