A juvenile Sanderling was found by a group of birders Saturday at Bald Eagle State Park. This would be a new Centre County bird for me, but I had to wait until today to go see it, since I was away hawk watching all weekend. I arrived at the State Park at 11:30am and instantly spotted the Sanderling walking along the shore of the swimming area. I was able to approach the bird quite closely and take some photos. The bird seemed to be holding its left wing a little lower than its right wing, and I only saw it make one small flight a total of 2 feet. Perhaps it was injured on its migration south and is using the State Park as a refueling and healing area until it is well enough to continue its journey.
Sanderling
Note the droopy-ness of the bird's left wing in this photo.
I saw a total of 20 species in the hour and a half I was at Bald Eagle State Park today. The highlights were the Sanderling, one juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk, and one Broad-winged Hawk. For more photos I have taken of birds in Centre County, please visit my Picasa Photo Album at this
link.
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