It has been a slow week on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. Today, saw a minimal increase in shorebirds but the numbers remain very low.
Highlights were 5 *Stilt Sandpipers*. Other notables during the week, include a *Bonaparte's Gull*, last seen on the 20th and the continuing male and female *Greater Scaup*. More details are on my blog ( http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2014/07/shorebirding-report-from-jamaica-bay.html) with a comparison of shorebird numbers from the same period last year. Let's hope that the water level did not cause shorebirds to bypass the pond and they are just late. Don't forget about the comment period re: the West Pond restoration. Here is a direct link to the comments page: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?documentID=60140 A link to the overview page: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=237&projectID=44691&documentID=60140 Thanks everyone for putting up with all the posts about the West Pond and the fight to have it restored. Cheers, -- 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
