Willet
“On June 19 my wife, son and I spotted a Willet (stocky shorebird about the size of a crow) from Sawyer Road crossing through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and heard two Black-throated Green Warblers along the road down to Crescent Beach.”
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On June 19 my wife, son and I spotted a Willet (stocky shorebird about the size of a crow) from Sawyer Road crossing through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and heard two Black-throated Green Warblers along the road down to Crescent Beach.
On July 2 within the Rachael Carson National Wildlife Refuge along Sawyer Road I observed a territorial Willet driving a Kingbird from its metal pole perch.
On July 9 within the Rachael Carson National Wildlife Refuge along Sawyer Road I observed six Least Sandpipers, three Greater Yellowlegs and a Willet noisily driving an Eastern Kingbird from its perch atop a metal pole.
A few additional notes from the yard and field include on June 6 along the Spurwink River I spotted two Willets and a Short-billed Dowitcher probing the mudflats and I heard the wheezy hissing p-tsssssshhhuk of several Nelson’s Sparrows somewhere out in the marsh.
And on July 2, my son and I came across an adult Willet with three fledglings crossing the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh as dozens of Barn Swallows darted and dove above us.
Travelling on from there to Spurwink River Crossing I discovered two Willets and a Belted Kingfisher perched directly below an adult Bald Eagle in an old Snag along the river.
And on July 7 within the Rachael Carson National Wildlife Refuge along Sawyer Road I observed a territorial Willet driving a Kingbird from its metal pole perch.
Nearby, a Belted Kingfisher perched watchfully, an Osprey hovered in the distance, several Killdeer darted about, and two vociferous Willets called out.