Just to clarify, the directions and link to a google map in my last post were for the Least Bittern.
Shane On Jul 24, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Shane Blodgett <[email protected]> wrote: > Was on the East Pond at JBWR by 6:45 a.m. this morning. High tide was ~8:00 > a.m. Andrew Baksh arrived at same time and together we made our way up the > east side of the pond as far as ~200 yards from the island at the north end. > Water at times came within 2 inches of top of my knee high rubber boots. > Shorebird numbers I reported to eBird: > > Semipalmated Plover 20 > Killdeer 1 > American Oystercatcher 3 > Spotted Sandpiper 7 > Greater Yellowlegs 15 > Willet (Eastern) 1 > Lesser Yellowlegs 110 > Hudsonian Godwit 1 > Semipalmated Sandpiper 1200 > Western Sandpiper 1 > Least Sandpiper 75 > Stilt Sandpiper 24 > Short-billed Dowitcher 955 > Wilson's Phalarope 1 > > My estimates are definitely on the conservative side. As is often the case on > the East Pond, a marauding Peregrine kept the birds in motion, making it > difficult to assess numbers accurately. > > The HUGO and the WIPH were both seen at the north end by Andrew and I, though > others reported the godwit from the south end after one of the peregrine > passes. > > Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsey alerted us to the presence of 2 Least Bitterns in > the phragmites on the West side of the pond(thanks guys!). We were able to > find only one of them, a still downy juvenile. Shai also reported 3 Western > Sandpipers and a Long-billed Dowitcher. > > This was just around the corner of the north edge of the large cove > (traditionally referred to as Yellowlegs Cove) in the SW corner of the pond, > past the pilings that BC Night Herons often roost on, and directly across > from the last bit of shore on the east side of the pond before the water gets > deep. (again near the top of my boots!). Approximately here: > > http://tinyurl.com/29vfdxc > > Also saw the previously reported juvenile Black Tern flying around near the > north end. > > See you afield, > Shane B. > Brooklyn NY > > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
