The other shorebird I would like to include in Ken's report is a *WESTERN WILLET*, which I saw and digiscoped when heading back up north on the East Pond. I have posted a few photos<http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2013/08/wilsons-phalarope-jamaica-bay-wildlife.html>of the *WILSON's PHALAROPE*, which I think is a molting juvenile as I could make out pale gray non breeding scapulars already replacing some of the juvenile plumage.
http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2013/08/wilsons-phalarope-jamaica-bay-wildlife.html Good Shorebirding! Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Ken Feustel <[email protected]> wrote: > An overcast morning walk up the east side of the East Pond yielded good > numbers of shorebirds, particularly Short-billed Dowitcher, but the poor > variety continued. On the way north i encountered fair numbers of > *White-rumped > Sandpipers,* and a single adult *Long-billed Dowticher, *feeding* *with > the numerous Short-billed's. Northern Waterthushes were much in evidence on > my way up the East Pond.. At the north end of the Pond I met Andrew Baksh > (who else!), and we worked over the shorebirds for quite some time, picking > out a lone Ruddy Turnstone and a Sanderling but not much else. We observed > increased numbers of Black-bellied Plovers numbers roosting west of the > island. Andrew found a *Wilson's Phalarope* maniacally feeding on the > eastern shoreline just below the island and we watched the bird as it made > its way south down the Pond. We were joined by Eric Miller as the requisite > phone calls were made concerning the phalarope's presence. Unfortunately, > the phalarope gave us the slip south of the raunt just as a number of > birders arrived looking for it. I have put up some photos of the day's > birds on my flickr site. > > Ken Feustel > http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > -- 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/ --
