RE: [nysbirds-l] Golden Plover @ JBWR

2013-08-31 Thread Steve Walter 
I posted a picture of the AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER from Jamaica Bay's East
Pond today. Sorry about the brevity earlier (I hate typing in the field),
but you all know where the Black-bellied Plovers hang out. The problem is
they didn't hang much longer because the scourge of the East Pond chased off
nearly all the shorebirds. It was shocking to look around from the spit
opposite the island two hours before high tide and see less than 10
shorebirds (at what should be the peak of the year (at least for variety)).
So if the birds didn't relocate to the south end, what's the alternative?
Maybe leaving the Jamaica Bay area entirely. I've given comments before on
what appears to me a quicker turnover of birds than in the past. Blame
Peregrines instead of Sandy? I don't know. There are Peregrines every year.
But this is bad (8 shorebird species) and I wouldn't have great confidence
in looking for the Golden tomorrow.

 

A few birds did come in afterwards, including two juvenile Sanderlings (not
an everyday bird on the East Pond), but I left around 4:00 (with high tide
at 5:30) because there few so few birds left. One other highlight was a
White M Hairstreak flying across the pond and landing in the phragmites
behind me, so I could get a look. A lowlight was a dead Clapper Rail on the
sidewalk between the parking lot and the access road to the pond.

 

The plover picture is at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ . (Also, some
Arizona pictures on the recent work page for those interested.) Although the
picture shows the Golden among dowitchers, the Golden was more so among the
Black-bellies. Interestingly, the Golden was somewhat belligerent toward
Black-bellies on repeated occasions, with only one Black-belly returning the
favor once. Not that Goldens often show up in the JBWR Black-belly roost,
but I've not seen this behavior before.  

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 

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[mailto:bounce-107886007-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 3:03 PM
To: Andrew Baksh; nysbirds-l
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Golden Plover @ JBWR

 

In with Black-bellies.

 

Sw

 

 

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From: Andrew Baksh  
Date: 08/31/2013 1:24 PM (GMT-05:00) 
To: nysbirds-l  
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit @ Cupsogue County Park... 


HUDSONIAN GODWIT right now on the flats at Cupsogue Long Island. For
anyone in the area who might want to try for it, please note that the
tide is rising at the moment.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
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RE: [nysbirds-l] Golden Plover @ JBWR

2013-08-31 Thread Steve Walter 
I posted a picture of the AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER from Jamaica Bay's East
Pond today. Sorry about the brevity earlier (I hate typing in the field),
but you all know where the Black-bellied Plovers hang out. The problem is
they didn't hang much longer because the scourge of the East Pond chased off
nearly all the shorebirds. It was shocking to look around from the spit
opposite the island two hours before high tide and see less than 10
shorebirds (at what should be the peak of the year (at least for variety)).
So if the birds didn't relocate to the south end, what's the alternative?
Maybe leaving the Jamaica Bay area entirely. I've given comments before on
what appears to me a quicker turnover of birds than in the past. Blame
Peregrines instead of Sandy? I don't know. There are Peregrines every year.
But this is bad (8 shorebird species) and I wouldn't have great confidence
in looking for the Golden tomorrow.

 

A few birds did come in afterwards, including two juvenile Sanderlings (not
an everyday bird on the East Pond), but I left around 4:00 (with high tide
at 5:30) because there few so few birds left. One other highlight was a
White M Hairstreak flying across the pond and landing in the phragmites
behind me, so I could get a look. A lowlight was a dead Clapper Rail on the
sidewalk between the parking lot and the access road to the pond.

 

The plover picture is at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ . (Also, some
Arizona pictures on the recent work page for those interested.) Although the
picture shows the Golden among dowitchers, the Golden was more so among the
Black-bellies. Interestingly, the Golden was somewhat belligerent toward
Black-bellies on repeated occasions, with only one Black-belly returning the
favor once. Not that Goldens often show up in the JBWR Black-belly roost,
but I've not seen this behavior before.  

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 

From: bounce-107886007-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-107886007-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 3:03 PM
To: Andrew Baksh; nysbirds-l
Cc: Nyc ebirds
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Golden Plover @ JBWR

 

In with Black-bellies.

 

Sw

 

 

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone




 Original message 
From: Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com 
Date: 08/31/2013 1:24 PM (GMT-05:00) 
To: nysbirds-l nysbirds-l@cornell.edu 
Cc: Nyc ebirds ebirds...@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit @ Cupsogue County Park... 


HUDSONIAN GODWIT right now on the flats at Cupsogue Long Island. For
anyone in the area who might want to try for it, please note that the
tide is rising at the moment.

Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!

Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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