shorebirds, another sweater and summer vegetables

i read in my borough president's email newsletter, that the jamaica bay wildlife refuge, along with new york city audubon, would be presenting their annual shorebirds festival online this morning, at 10 am. they've been holding it in queens for the past fifteen years. i actually managed to make it back in time from getting the vegetables at the green market, to watch it.

 

 it was a very interesting program . . they took a boat trip through the bay and showed many of the birds that pass through on their migrations north and south.

the american oystercatcher, one of the most popular shorebirds in the park . . 

one of the presenters was a biologist who spoke about banding the tiny semipalmated plover, to learn more about its migratory habits. one little plover was tracked from wellfleet, massachusetts to french guiana. it flew 2,700 miles in five days! greg said it must have had a good tailwind . . it probably did and probably knew to take it.

cherry tomatoes . .


and zucchini and eggplant, from my favorite farmer.

 my kaleidoscope summer sweater . . 

maybe it's a little short, but on the other hand, it's nice and airy for hot days.

 dinner was fresh tuna from the fish stall at the market (they catch everything local), the zucchini and potatoes from a few weeks ago . . and a salad with a very ripe garden tomato, endive, fresh lettuce and cucumber.