Late this afternoon and early evening I had 3 Wilson's Phalaropes on the E. Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. One at the N. end and two together half-way down the west side of the pond. Although there were many shorebirds past that point I had to turn back because, despite knee high boots, it got quite muddy. The first phalarope was still present at the N. end on my way out.
By the time I got the the W. Pond, at about 6:00 PM, the previously reported Marbled Godwits has left (they were seen flying out earlier). And I couldn't find the Avocet. I spent the morning at Breezy Point where there were hundreds of Sanderlings and Semipalmated Plovers on the beach, forming a line as far as the eye could see. There must have been at least 2,000 Sanderlings and a 1,000 Semipalmated Sandpipers. Peter Post New York City -- 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/ --
