I went to Bombay Hook and other Delaware shore locations for shorebird migration on May 26th, 2018. I started at Slaughter Beach at high tide. Unfortunately, there weren't many birds there.

I did see this close-up Boat-tailed Grackle:

This Mockingbird posed for me:

There were thousands of Horseshoe crabs all along the beach:

My next stop was at the DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion, DE. It is just down the road from Slaughter Beach.

I saw this large group of Red Knots across the inlet:

This Barn Swallow was on the rocks at the Nature Center:

This Semiplmated Sandpiper was nearby:

I saw this Willet in the grass alongside the entrance road:

I didn't get any photos at Port Mahon. After that, I went to Bombay Hook.

I saw this Boat-tailed Grackle near Raymond Pool:

I saw a few Black-necked Stilts in Bear Swamp Pool:

I saw Dunlin, Semipalmated Plovers, and a lot of Great Egrets:

This Red-winged Blackbird posed for me:

And lastly, I took some infrared photos:

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