OT: Sigh. It's the birding doldrums.

Migration is over and all our feathered friends are, well, making eggs or worried that their fledglings are going to fall out of the nest, fly into a tree or get eaten by a crow or some human's unbelled cat.

That being said, there are some beauts hanging about the neighborhood. Just saw this guy - what a beak, no?

Speaking of beaks, there's a reason I call this guy the basset hound of birds. But, check out what he can do with that schnoz!

And, as per a request: American Oystercatcher and Black Skimmer.