Spent the morning and early afternoon at Floyd Bennett in Brooklyn, Riis Park and Fort Tilden in Queens, and back to Plum Beach in Brooklyn. The first part of the day was rain-filled and I spent most of my time birding from or near the car. I did walk at Plum as rain stopped in early afternoon. Winds were 10-15 SE early on but switched to strong 20+ mph W by mid morning. High tide was 6:00 a.m. Highlights:Floyd-
24 Black-bellied Plover9 Semipalmated Plover244 Laughing Gull w/ 30 juveniles2 Bobolink Fort Tilden- group of 7 flyby Whimbrel2 Black Tern (m/f) Plum-5 Clapper Rail w/ at least 3 juveniles9 Ruddy Turnstone23 Semipalmated Plover4 Short-billed Dowitcher2 Royal Tern (adult and juvenile)1 Long-billed Dowitcher The LBDO was the biggest surprise of the day, though any day I see multiple Whimbrels in NYC is good. This still heavily reddish-plumaged bird flushed out of the marsh and called it's diagnostic single note "kek' 4 or 5 times as it flew off toward the southeast. Only my second all-time for Kings county. Shane BlodgettBrooklyn NY -- 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/ --
