Add some and lose some. That was the kind of data I got from shorebirding today on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
The notable additions were another *AMERICAN AVOCET *making now 3 on the pond and a *WILSON's PHALAROPE.* Steve Walter and I did some mothing last night at the visitor's center after a WEST POND stakeholder's meeting. We discussed whether we would see many shorebirds leaving with the cold front. And what new birds might show up. Apparently, many shorebirds did leave and some did arrive. The number of Semipalmated Sandpipers were shaved in half from Sunday's high of 2500 and the Short-billed Dowitcher were also down. Other birds that may have pulled out include STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPER as well as LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER none of the three were seen by me today. However, I should add that I was not able to complete a full loop of the pond before a PEREGRINE FALCON put most of the birds up and off the pond. Although in flight most of the birds were peeps, there is always the possibility that one of the 3 species, I did not see today were in the spooked flock. Other notable shorebirds seen were 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS and one juvenile LEAST SANDPIPER. For those interested in the mothing results. The moth meister Mr. Walter, tallied our total at 23 species not counting "Avocet Moth," which the number would be 3 and not 2 as recorded last night :) Cheers, 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
