In addition to the birds mentioned by Ken Feustel. Michael McBrien and I had a few WESTERN WILLETS loafing near the spit at the Coast Guard Station and later on 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS on the beach. I should also note that Michael and I observed the BAIRD's fly off the aforementioned pond heading out towards the beach and we did not see it return or find it on the beach while we were out there.
Many thanks to Ken for the intel on where to look for the BAIRD's and STILT SANDPIPERS, the latter I considered quite the treat seeing them somewhere else besides the East Pond of Jamaica Bay. Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:44 PM, ken feustel <[email protected]> wrote: > Early this morning Derek Rogers found a *Baird's Sandpiper* in the ponds > that lie east of WE2 and west of the Nature Center. The bird was still > present late this morning. A good variety of shorebirds were present in the > ponds on the high tide, including Stilt (4), Pectoral (1), and White-rumped > (5) Sandpipers. Waterfowl included Blue and Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, and > Mallard. I estimated that there were between five hundred and a thousand > shorebirds in the ponds. Mosquitoes were not a problem (yet). > > Ken Feustel > http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
