Because of a problem with my left foot, my birding has been curtailed this past
week and a half. After reading Richard K's post to Long Island Birds.com re: a
Kentucky W. at the Rocky Point D/E/C Property, I contacted him, and found out
the location of his sighting was fairly close to the parking lot, and would not
involve much walking. Stretching the doctor's advice to "the max", I was in the
woods by 0800, taking a short walk that proved futile...for the warbler, that
is- but what a way to "strike out ! In that short period of time I had a FOS
Olive-sided Flycatcher and a FOS Yellow-throated Vireo...which had me "walking
on air" back to the car !
For the 3rd straight day, I stopped at the small re-charge basin mentioned in
my posts of 5/10 & 5/11. In the aggregate, the # of shorebird species was down
by one, with both species of yellowlegs gone, and the addition of 1
Semipalmated Plover. Killdeer was down one, from 2 to 1. Solitary Sandpiper was
down one, from 5 to 4. Least Sandpiper was up one, from 26 to 27. On each
subsequent visit, the water level seems to have dropped, to what I presently
estimate to be ~ 6", at it's deepest point.
Cheers, Bob
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