As reported Monday by Brendan Fogarty, the clam kill persists.
Combined with the dune lagoons created by Bill made for excellent birding.
The highlights were two Lesser Black-backed on the beach. One 1st year, one
older.
Four Whimbrel. One in a lagoon before the base of the jetty and three flybys
I just want to let birders know in my last message, I did not at all harass
the phalarope by approaching it. I should have indicated that the bird
approached me! The bird seemed very tame and walked right up to within five
feet of me. So any birders that feel I stressed the bird in any way,
MASSACHUSETTS N. Wheatear - photos posted, Wed., 26 August, 2009
In Massachusetts, an apparent adult-plumaged Northern Wheatear has
been posted on the observer's photo website page for "rarities":
http://www.pbase.com/clamflats/essex_bay_rarities - the upper row of
photos on the left
The Red-necked Phalarope was still present when I left at 12:30pm. He was very
approachable allowing me to get within five feet! He was foraging as well as
preening on the West shore when I was there. White-rumped sandpipers were the
only other birds worth mentioning at the North end. I
JBWR = Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens County, NY
While many or most subscribers to this list know that the acronym
"JBWR" stands for Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and an internet search
may give that as one of the top ten (or so) "hits" in results from a
search for that four letter
A Red-necked Phalarope is @ the NE of the East Pond at JBWR. Thanks
to Paul for spotting the bird.
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At about 9:30am yesterday (Tuesday) in Prospect Park in Brooklyn I had
a Summer Tanager in blotchy red/orange plumage, I'd guess probably a
1st year male (it was fairly bright). It was on the southeastern
branch of the Penninsula towards the tip, feeding in the mid to high
canopy along
