An early morning seawatch from the fisherman's parking lot (near the Sliver Gull Club) at Fort Tilden yielded a smattering of birds. Most notable, were 6 Wilson's Storm Petrels and 4 Black Terns all heading west. Later, I checked the gulls at Riis Park, but did not find anything of note in the roosting flock.
A quick note on Jamaica Bay - shorebird numbers continue to drop since I last posted to the list serves (8-7). Yesterday afternoon during high tide, there were just about 1000 birds on the pond with Short-billed Dowitchers estimated about 300, Semipalmated Sandpipers around 500 and the rest of usual species making up the remainder. Still, not a lot of juvenile birds being seen as yet and that worries me; but I am hopeful that maybe the breeding birds had a late start and the juveniles are yet to show up in decent numbers. Hopefully, we get a next wave of birds for the weekend. Good Birding! Andrew Baksh Queens, NY 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/[email protected]/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/ --
