I birded the pond along with Michael Yuan, Paige Linden Brams and Chris ? (Sorry Chris, I did mention that I was really bad at names). There were very very few shorebirds there just after high tide this afternoon. Numbers were about as follows: North End; 25 Short-billed dowitchers 5 Greater Yellowlegs 15 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Least Sandpiper 5 Semi-palmated Sandpiper 4 American Oystercatchers
South End: 12 short-billed Dowitchers 10 Greater Yellowlegs 4 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 2 Semi-palmated Sandpiper To sum it up this was by far the worst shorebird numbers I've ever seen in July. The west pond had 1 Greater Yellowlegs and nothing else. Isaac Grant Senior Loan Officer -- 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/ --
