Birding the Cupsogue Flats with Andria, early this morning on a falling tide resulted in 20 species of shorebirds.
Our highlights were. 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT and 2 BAIRD's SANDPIPERS. HUGO was feeding on the bar, north west from the flats, which seems to accumulate more shorebirds these days than the traditional mudflats. The Baird's were a brief drop in and it was their call that helped us to pick them up as they stayed for a whooping "2" minutes before heading west. 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 3 Western Sandpipers and 18 Red Knots were the other notables. 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/ --
