Today I led a biking & birding trip out to Jamaica Bay wildlife refuge for NYC Audubon. We had a nice 18-mile ride followed by some walking & birding.
Highlights included: A Yellow-billed Cuckoo right over the blind at Big John's Pond! A Gull-billed Tern hawking dragonflies at the edge of the bay to the north of East Pond (across the gravel service road). It had been reported earlier in the day from West Pond, so either it's moving around or there's more than one. About 15 Short-billed Dowitchers, a dozen Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Greater Yellowlegs, 4 Least Sandpipers, and two Stilt Sandpipers in beautiful breeding plumage. Also both egrets, both night-herons, Great Blue Heron, and Glossy Ibis. Cheers, Gabriel Willow NYC Audubon -- 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/ --
