Hey again! The crew and I stumbled upon another (or the same) Red-necked Phalarope at approximately 10:45 today, attempting to feed through the crashing surf just 20-30 feet off the beach at Cupsogue. I did not get a good enough look to determine the sex of the earlier bird, but this one was clearly a female. The area of beach that we found it at was just west of where the grassy dunes become more like sandy rows of snow fencing. After completing our surveying in the park, I walked east along the beach back to the parking lot from slightly west of where we saw the Phalarope an hour before, but I didn't have any luck. Luckily this time I was able to obtain a photo:
https://flic.kr/p/nmh9LW Additionally, there was at least one White-rumped Sandpiper roosting with a good sized flock of Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated Sandpipers, and Sanderling amongst the rocks on the bay side of the park. Numbers of Semipalmated Sandpipers are certainly on the rise. Justin LeClaire -- 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/ --
