All,
Once again, the gravel bars on the Susquehanna River are yielding some great shorebirds from this park in Johnson City Broome County! Late this afternoon, I found a juvenile AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER on the gravel bars easily seen from the yellow sign in William Hill Park not far from the dike near the Johnson City Home Depot. The bird was pretty much in the same location for over 2 hour feeding on earthworms. There were also 10 GREAT EGRETS which I believe may be a high count for Broome County. Additionally, the BAIRD'S SANDPIPER continues along with several LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a couple LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and many many KILLDEER. Our stilt sandpiper that was here seems to have moved on. Another treat was a flock of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS that were descending down to the river at times chasing mayflys. I estimated about 30. I was joined by George Chiu and Victor Lamoureux and we really enjoyed the nighthawks, plover and other great birds here. This place really has been excellent this fall. ebird list can be found here with poor photos of the american golden-plover. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38965493 Dave -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
