This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

July 21, 2009
In a wetland near Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

It's hard to believe that in the middle of summer some shorebirds have finished nesting (probably in Canada) and are already heading south for the winter. This solitary sandpiper has spent the last few July days in the wetlands adjacent to Birdwatching Dot Com, in Iowa.