It appeared all of the Fuestel's Shorebirds that would not land the day before (see Ken's post from 10-5 as to the probable reasons why) happened to drop in on the pond for me. In just over 4 hours on the East Pond yesterday, I managed 14 species of Shorebirds - better than some of my August surveys.
The highlights were: American Avocet (continuing), Hudsonian Godwit, American Golden Plovers (2), Stilt Sandpipers (9) and indisputably my best sighting yesterday was, 41 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. I was counting them while standing on the east side of the pond (they were all stacked up on the west side on the north end) and I had to do a few counts to ensure that I was not seeing things. I am quite sure that elsewhere on the pond there could have been a few more that I missed. 41 Pectoral Sandpipers are my highest ever on the pond. Perhaps, now that the pond is "properly" drained, we may see these drop ins if the weather and migration winds favor such events. Other notable birds on the pond include the continuing 3 Caspian Terns. I have not looked at photos closely enough to determine if these are the same trio that have been around awhile but it is interesting to note the numbers of Caspians around in Queens this year. The Eurasian Wigeon along with American Pipits rounded out the other notables. Duck numbers continue to grow and I am sure I undercounted the Green-winged Teals. I have been quite the slacker on posting to my blog due to working on multiple projects at the same time. Many posts are in draft mode waiting to be finalized. I did however managed to whip up a short post with photos from yesterday's outing for those interested. http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2017/10/shorebirding-at-jamaica-bay-wildlife.html?m=1 -------- "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 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 -- 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/ --
