When I arrived at ~ 3 PM, the 1st bird I came upon (from the south, and ~ 1/2 way between the fire station & the dirt farm road)was a Bairds Sandpiper. It was fairly close, enabling me to see bill & leg color, wings longer than tail and "scalloping" on back. A little farther to the north were 3-4 Killdeer & 2 Semipalmated Plovers. Still further north, but before the dirt farm road, were 1 Golden Plover & 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers. The field n/o the dirt road held only1 Killdeer. When I left at ~ 4:10 PM, most of the birds had moved, with all now being roughly opposite the fire hydrant, mentioned earlier by Mike Mulqueen.
Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
