This morning I birded the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, on the rising tide. I was on the pond just after first light and covered the pond from south to north and back.
The total shorebird numbers were just about 500 which is way down from a week ago. In all, there were 13 species of shorebirds which did not include the Avocet. To my knowledge this bird has not been seen since last Friday. Shorebird highlights included 1 Pectoral Sandpiper and 7 juvenile Western Sandpipers. Non shorebirding highlights included 1 juvenile Black Tern and the 2 continuing juvenile adult Gull-billed Tern. Green-winged Teal numbers are on the rise with 63 counted today. Mute Swans are up to 144....bet you wanted that update. 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/ --
