Although we didn't keep track of numbers, Carole Berglie and I (Ardith
Bondi), arriving at about 1PM, saw quite a few of the smaller shorebirds
on the Jones Beach CGS sandbar, despite swimmers and boaters. They
included Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated Sandpipers and Sanderlings.
We also saw Black-bellied Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers (at least 2),
Ruddy Turnstones and at least one Willet. Down the fishermans' trail
past the Coast Guard station, aside from some rather vocal juvenile
Common Terns and some Ruddy Turnstones, we spotted a Spotted Sandpiper.
Does anyone else think there is an inordinately large number of
Semi-palmated Plovers and Semi-palmated Sandpipers this year? Over the
past two weeks, I have seen very large numbers of them. In the Nickerson
Beach Parking lot and on the lawn there there were probably 1000. A few
days later, they virtually carpeted the beach at Long Beach Island, NJ
early in the morning before the beachgoers took over, and today, there
were still quite a few at the Coast Guard Station sandbar.
Ardith Bondi
On 8/17/11 8:36 PM, Sy Schiff wrote:
Jones Beach West End 17 Aug
Arrived at the Coast Guard Station arriving about 8:30. A Peregrine
Falcon promptly flew by and about 2-300 small shorebirds promptly
scattered and flew off. None of the larger shorebirds moved. About 9:00,
one of the half dozen or so birders noticed the MARBLED GODWIT among the
large group of remaining AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and WILLET. It had been
sleeping, bill tucked in, and obscured by the mass of birds. As I
scoped, it picked up its head, showed its bill and stretched its wings
showing no upper wing stripe and lovely rusty under wing coverts. It
promptly went back to sleep and all but disappeared into the mass of birds.
As previously reported, the swale is a lake. I went over to see if the
missing shorebirds went there. No such luck. I returned to the Coast
Guard Station, scanned the bar and found TWO MARBLED GODWIT.
Sy Schiff
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