While the conditions have improved on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay, the number of shorebirds have not. The number of shorebirds remain low if not even lower today than the past few days.
These cold fronts really encouraged birds to keep on moving and took most of the ones that were here. We have yet to see another influx of shorebirds since the last wave pulled out. On the bright side, today a *MARBLED GODWIT* was observed briefly up at the north end. However, it left the pond around 9:30 heading over the train tracks, towards the bay. In addition, there are single and multiple juveniles of Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher and *WESTERN SANDPIPER*. In non shorebirding updates. On Monday, I had two Royal Terns that almost touched down on the south end of the pond before continuing north heading over the train tracks. Earlier on that day, I had a 1st year type Mourning Warbler, seen along the dyke at the North End of the pond. 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> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 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/ --
