Birding

When working offshore, one occasionally sees a stray bird taking a rest on some secluded part of the rig. Sometimes these birds have flown here themselves, but more often than not they hitched a ride on a boat that was heading for the rig. We have boats that come nearly every day shipping tools, mud, groceries, other supplies, and pretty much anything that won't fit on the helicopters.

Most birds I've seen were small little things, but today a much larger bird crossed my path and I couldn't resist getting out my camera and snapping a few pictures of it.


I tried to figure out what kind of bird it is, and in my extreme ignorance of ornithology I've probably gotten it wrong. But based on my 10 minutes of research online, I'm guessing it's either a Whimbrel or a Long-Billed Curlew.

We kept running into each other as I was trying to unplug from one of our tools. Here's some ore photos to enjoy:




Let me know if you can figure out which bird this one is better than I can!