[nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Queens Co}

[Ken]

Male currently on east side of East Pond below Raunt, with Laughing Gulls.

Ken & Sue Feustel 

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica Bay

[Andrew Baksh]

Last seen flying towards the south end and appeared heading of the pond
towards the bay.  If you come in from the south end please check the
corners carefully.

Different bird from the earlier Ruff with very little molt around the neck.
 I did get some shots a short video clip documenting the bird.  2nd for
Jamaica Bay so far this year.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

On Jul 27, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Jim Schlickenrieder <
jschlickenrie...@alliance.com> wrote:

Hi

There is a Ruff on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay this morning.


Jim Schlickenrieder
Butler. NJ
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[nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica Bay

[Jim Schlickenrieder]

Hi

There is a Ruff on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay this morning.


Jim Schlickenrieder
Butler. NJ
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Queens Co.)

[J GLUTH]

With the usual caveats about reliably identifying a bird based solely a 
few photos stated up front. Andrew's images of today's Ruff show a bird 
with much more brightly colored legs than the individual he photographed 
back on the 15th.
Soft part coloration typically decreases in intensity post-breeding in 
species where such changes occur, so I'd vote for today's bird indeed 
being a new arrival.


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Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Queens Co.)

[Derek Rogers]

Looks like Ken's photographed bird has a pronounced white ring around the
base of its bill. Andrew's and my photos (Andrew's are much better) are not
showing such a pronounced ring. Perhaps my eyes are decieving me, lighting
is always a factor out on the East Pond, but are these two different birds?
Just posing the question...

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From: ken feustel 
Date: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 4:03 PM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Queens Co.)
To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu


Sue and I birded the East Pond at JBWR this morning, starting at the south
end and working our way along the east side of the pond. We found the
birding to be better at the north end of the pond, where we quickly saw the
*American Avocet.* An immature Peregrine Falcon kept us company for much of
the walk up the pond, scattering the shorebirds in all directions. We had
reached North Island when we noticed a *Ruff/Reeve* on the east side of the
pond a little north of the island. We watched the bird for a while and I
obtained some poor pictures before something scared the birds and we could
not relocate the Ruff. There has been some speculation that this bird might
be the same Reeve that was present earlier on the East Pond. Sexual
dimorphism in Ruffs is well known, and over the years I have observed many
(relative term) more Ruffs than Reeves. So size differences in Reeves is
not something I have had much experience with.

What struck us (and Andrew Baksh as well) was that this bird appeared
larger than the Short-billed Dowitchers (11") around it.  If this was a
Reeve (10") you would expect it to be smaller than the dowitchers, although
Paulson in "Shorebirds of North America" indicates that a female "is of
dowitcher size" while a Ruff is similar in size to a Greater Yellowlegs
(14"). I had observed the Reeve at the south end of the East Pond a few
weeks ago in the company of Lesser Yellowlegs (10.5") and the birds
appeared fairly similar in size. A Ruff (12") would seem to be a better fit
for today's bird, at least in terms of size. My photograph of today's bird
shows white feathering around the base of the bill, a feature that is
largely missing from last week's Reeve. I have posted a poor photograph of
the Ruff on my Flickr site. Compare the size of the Ruff to the sleeping
dowitcher on the extreme left of the photo. A photo of the Reeve that was
observed in July is also on the site at http://flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/

There is likely better photos of the Ruff/Reeve floating around, so stay
tuned.

Good Birding!

Ken & Sue Feustel
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[nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (Queens Co.)

[ken feustel]

Sue and I birded the East Pond at JBWR this morning, starting at the south end 
and working our way along the east side of the pond. We found the birding to be 
better at the north end of the pond, where we quickly saw the American Avocet. 
An immature Peregrine Falcon kept us company for much of the walk up the pond, 
scattering the shorebirds in all directions. We had reached North Island when 
we noticed a Ruff/Reeve on the east side of the pond a little north of the 
island. We watched the bird for a while and I obtained some poor pictures 
before something scared the birds and we could not relocate the Ruff. There has 
been some speculation that this bird might be the same Reeve that was present 
earlier on the East Pond. Sexual dimorphism in Ruffs is well known, and over 
the years I have observed many (relative term) more Ruffs than Reeves. So size 
differences in Reeves is not something I have had much experience with.

What struck us (and Andrew Baksh as well) was that this bird appeared larger 
than the Short-billed Dowitchers (11") around it.  If this was a Reeve (10") 
you would expect it to be smaller than the dowitchers, although Paulson in 
"Shorebirds of North America" indicates that a female "is of dowitcher size" 
while a Ruff is similar in size to a Greater Yellowlegs (14"). I had observed 
the Reeve at the south end of the East Pond a few weeks ago in the company of 
Lesser Yellowlegs (10.5") and the birds appeared fairly similar in size. A Ruff 
(12") would seem to be a better fit for today's bird, at least in terms of 
size. My photograph of today's bird shows white feathering around the base of 
the bill, a feature that is largely missing from last week's Reeve. I have 
posted a poor photograph of the Ruff on my Flickr site. Compare the size of the 
Ruff to the sleeping dowitcher on the extreme left of the photo. A photo of the 
Reeve that was observed in July is also on the site at 
http://flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/

There is likely better photos of the Ruff/Reeve floating around, so stay tuned.

Good Birding!

Ken & Sue Feustel
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[nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica Bay YES!

[John J. Collins]

Hooray!  I finally got Ruff in N. America (my no. 1 nemeses bird for same).  
The rufous Ruff is present right now on the north east side of the East Pond as 
reported yesterday.   

John J. Collins
Raritan NJ
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[nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica bay cpntinues

[jschlickenrie...@alliance.com]

Just north of Dead Mans cove

Jim Schlickenrieder
Butler NJ


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[nysbirds-l] Ruff at Jamaica Bay

[Isaac Grant]

The second Ruff that was found on Wednesday showed well at the north end of the 
east pond. It was there from 2:00-5:00pm and was still there when I left. It 
wandered around a lot and ranged from right at the entrance at the north west 
part of the pond to the island and as far south as about half way to the raunt 
and on the east part of the pond.

Isaac Grant
Senior Loan Officer
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