I should say that there were small flocks out on some of the exposed bars around Triton Lane and Tiana Beach Suffolk Co. These were groups of 10-50 comprised mainly of Sb Dowitcher, Least and Semi Sandpipers with a few yellowlegs and Semi Plovers. So I don't mean to report that there are no shorebirds to be found, just greatly reduced numbers from what I would expect now.
As Tom Fiore mentioned, maybe there was a late Arctic breeding season and the birds are delayed. Mike Cooper Ridge, LI, NY Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Thanks for writing and Mike, thank you so much for that post as well. It > helps to decipher the data. > > I have an enquiry out to a few people in the know about shorebird activity > and numbers on the breeding grounds and when I have an update, I will share > that information with you all. > > Cheers, > > 風 Swift as the wind > 林 Quiet as the forest > 火 Conquer like the fire > 山 Steady as the mountain > Sun Tzu The Art of War > >> (\__/) >> (= '.'=) >> (") _ (") >> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > On Jul 24, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Thomas Fiore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Mike, Andrew, & Isaac, >> >> not sure if this will turn out to be the case, but am hopeful that it's just >> a rather late season this summer, and that it may have been a fairly late >> start to things in the arctic. I'm not up on just what went on in all of the >> areas, but I was in a part of the palearctic with waders (as the rest of the >> world refers to our shorebirds) and it was all quite late, snow continuing >> well in July, & most definitely in much of June... but I don't know if all >> this was also going on too in arctic Canada, maybe so - nor how it could >> have affected breeding success. Hope it's merely a bit delayed yet. >> >> time will tell; in maybe next 10 days there "should" be much more. >> >> best, & thanks for all updates. >> Tom >> >> Tom Fiore >> New York (& currently Maine) >> --------------------- >> On Jul 24, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Mike wrote: >> >>> No shorebirds on the exposed flats at Pikes in Westhampton Beach today at >>> low tide. One flyby Royal Tern there and give more on a bar north if >>> Triton Lane to the east. >>> >>> I don't remember ever seeing shorebird numbers this low in late July >>> >>> Mike Cooper >>> Ridge LI, NY >> >>> On Jul 24, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> It has been a slow week on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. Today, saw a >>>> minimal increase in shorebirds but the numbers remain very low. >>>> >>>> Highlights were 5 Stilt Sandpipers. Other notables during the week, >>>> include a Bonaparte's Gull, last seen on the 20th and the continuing male >>>> and female Greater Scaup. >>>> >>>> More details are on my blog >>>> (http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2014/07/shorebirding-report-from-jamaica-bay.html) >>>> with a comparison of shorebird numbers from the same period last year. >>>> Let's hope that the water level did not cause shorebirds to bypass the >>>> pond and they are just late. >>>> >>>> Don't forget about the comment period re: the West Pond restoration. >>>> Here is a direct link to the comments page: >>>> http://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?documentID=60140 >>>> >>>> A link to the overview page: >>>> http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=237&projectID=44691&documentID=60140 >>>> >>>> Thanks everyone for putting up with all the posts about the West Pond and >>>> the fight to have it restored. >>>> >>>> Cheers, -- 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/ --
