[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 24 September 2021

-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sept. 24, 2021 * NYNY2109.24 WHITE-WINGED DOVE+ ROSEATE SPOONBILL+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER WHIMBREL HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT Red Knot BAIRD’S SANDPIPER

Re: [nysbirds-l] Golden plovers and whimbrel in queens

With all that having been said, the Whimbrel show has gotten even more amazing. In the late morning today, at high tide, there were 25 roosting on the high beach between the two buildings of the Silver Gull Club. It's a fairly short walk from the fisherman's lot, but yeah there's that parking issue

Re: [nysbirds-l] Golden plovers and whimbrel in queens

I did see at least one Golden Plover amongst the peeps and one Whimbrel by itself a little west of the Parking lot on the beach about 45min ago. Best, Linda On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 12:18 PM Andrew Baksh wrote: > Thanks for the report Jennifer. > > PSA: I just want to caution folks who might be

Re: [nysbirds-l] Golden plovers and whimbrel in queens

Thanks for the report Jennifer. PSA: I just want to caution folks who might be looking to try for those birds about the parking situation. That fisherman's parking lot now requires a parking permit. Vehicles have been known to be ticketed in the past and on Sunday when Steve Walter and I had packe

Re: [nysbirds-l] Golden plovers and whimbrel in queens

Following up on Jen’s (and Kestrel’s!) finds, I walked East a ways and found nothing aside from a bunch of Sanderling and a few American Oystercatchers. To the west, by the Silver Gull Club, I found 25 roosting Whimbrel but no Golden-Plovers. A handful of Ruddy Turnstones and a Western Sandpiper

[nysbirds-l] Golden plovers and whimbrel in queens

We had two golden plover (juv plumage) and about 9 whimbrel east of the fisherman’s lot at Ft Tilden in queens about two hours ago. Some off leash dogs arrived and I hear the birds were no longer in that direction, but folks may have better luck east of the lot to find them. Perhaps they will chime

[nysbirds-l] Croton Point

While I did not have a lot of time, the landfill was pretty active this morning reaffirming the meadow restoration. Highlights were a blue grosbeak, Nelson’s sparrow, and a dickcissel (although I dipped on the latter). Good numbers of swamp and savannah sparrow; up to 6 marsh wrens seen; as wel