A total of 18 species of shorebirds were recorded over the past few days at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in Queens NY.
The highlights being a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper found yesterday on the
north east end of the East Pond. The bird was later seen at the south end,
where good views were shared wi
Late this afternoon, I birded both the South and North End of the East
Pond. There were a good number of shorebirds around indicating lots of
birds arrived in the past few days. Leading the charge were *Short-billed
Dowitchers* whose numbers were highest to date for the season as I
estimated the
