Putting the word out for anyone going to Jamaica Bay today. Yesterday around 3:45pm, the Brooklyn Bird Club and I observed a medium-sized shorebird feeding on the North end of the East Pond, about 100 yards south of Dead Man's Cove.
>From across the pond, and looking into less than ideal light, we observed it feeding with Stilt Sandpipers and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Noticed its long drooping bill, longer than White-rumped Sandpiper or Baird's Sandpiper, which got us thinking Dunlin, but its long wings and tapered rear end led us away from that notion and Western Sandpiper. Overall pale gray, with dark legs. Curlew Sandpiper fits some of these marks. Video at full speed. Bird in question is on the right. There's a slow-motion version of this video on the NY Birders Facebook page that might offer better detail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuzoMyMdivk Highly cropped and unfortunately black&white digiscoped photo (thanks Steve Jobs!) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/88884477@N00/21032630680/ Sorry for the tardiness of the post, but due to the distance and viewing conditions it was difficult to get a sense of the bird until I had a chance to review the pics and video today. Good luck if you go! Mike Yuan Brooklyn, 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/ --
