Bob Kurtz found a Buff-breasted Sandpiper at parking Field 7 at Heckscher State Park this morning. At about 12:00PM we relocated the bird feeding in the (mostly) dry, grassy portions of the parking lot. The Buffie was joined by a Baird's Sandpiper that eventually joined a flock of feeding peep. There were a total of eleven species of shorebirds using the temporary rain pools including three Pectoral Sandpipers. A few photos of the Buff-breasted can be found at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ With the high water levels at the Jamaica Bay ponds resulting in poor shorebirdng, it is interesting to see some of the less frequently birded parks getting some attention. Ken Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
