Orchard Beach, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Thursday September 7, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD
Highlights from today: Semipalmated Plover - around 25 Semipalmated Sandpiper - around 20 Least Sandpiper - 2 or 3 Laughing Gull - flock of around 15 Common Tern - adult molting into winter plumage Osprey around 10 Bald Eagle - 3rd or 4th year Unidentified Accipiter Red-tailed Hawk - local Purple Martin - hatch-year male Tree Swallow - around 400 -- Wednesday (Sept. 6) Bob and I saw a Greater Yellowlegs in one of the puddles, along with the expected Least Sandpipers and Semipalmated Sandpipers & Plovers (around 50 shorebirds in total). When a Merlin flew low over the puddle, the shorebirds flew off in a flock except for one Semipalmated Plover and the Greater Yellowlegs. Deb Allen -- 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/ --
