This evening after work I got word there was a Wilson's Phalarope again visiting Field 7 at Hecksher State Park. I made it there around 5 and found the bird in the small puddle in the parking lot (the grassy wetland has dried up this week). In addition to the bird there were Lesser Yellow Legs, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and Killdeer. The birds flushed shortly after I arrived do to what was likely a raptor. Eventually they returned sans the Wilson's Phalarope and the fact that Canadian Geese had moved in to occupy the wetland probably didn't help. Photos of the birds can be seen here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2011/09/wilsons-phalarope.html
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