A total of 18 species of shorebirds were recorded over the past few days at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in Queens NY.
The highlights being a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper found yesterday on the north east end of the East Pond. The bird was later seen at the south end, where good views were shared with the Greaves family (Roddy, Miles and Travis) from Kingston NY. The Baird's was again seen today, this time on the north west end as per Shane Blodgett. Another good bird for the East Pond, Solitary Sandpiper, was seen yesterday with Ed Becher and Bob Anderson. However, it was not seen by me today. A good number of Western and White-rumped Sandpipers continue as well a few Stilt Sandpipers that include our first few juveniles since the migration started. In non shorebird news, a Royal Tern was a flyover yesterday also on the East Pond. Cheers, 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
