This morning I observed 20 Pectoral Sandpipers feeding on the exposed flats in Sunken Meadow Creek. They were located just west of the entrance bridge where there's a small path that leads to the edge of the water.
What urged my visit was an alert from Dave Lamagna who discovered 7 Pectoral Sandpipers at this same location on 4/2. There was also an eBird report from Phil Uruburu on 4/3 where he reported 9. So the flock has grown considerably since yesterday. There certainly appears to be some great shorebird habitat developing since the opening of the spillway. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- 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/ --
