Hi Steve- That same Little Blue was there last Sunday. The band looked like one of Susan Elbin's, so I sent her the numbers. Sure enough, she said she banded it this year at Elders Marsh on July 14. I was actually able to read the first 4 numbers on the silver band. She said the federal band is 1146 94 630. It must like the East Pond.
The same day, I also had a Little Blue at Plumb Beach, but it wasn't banded. Ardith Bondi NYC www.ardithbondi.com Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 12, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net> wrote: > > I photographed an immature Little Blue Heron with bands at Jamaica Bay’s East > Pond today– yellow band on the left leg with “1Z” in black and a silver band > on the right leg, with what looks like an engraved “4” (I can’t make out if > there’s more). While I’ve been seeing Little Blues for weeks, I can’t say > that I’ve noticed bands before – not that I’m really looking at them beyond > picking them out from the Snowy Egrets. But I wasn’t real close to this one > today and the yellow band was quite evident. So perhaps this is an arrival > from another locale. It certainly seemed that Snowy and Great Egret numbers > increased quite a bit. If they’re congregating or staging from elsewhere, the > geographic range would be of interest. I say this thinking about a Little > Egret probably still floating around. Just saying. > > Still a Gull-billed Tern around. I don’t think it’s a state late date yet, > but my own recollections don’t include any staying beyond August. Shorebirds? > Eh. I only did the south end. For the first time in years that I can > remember, a Black-bellied Plover landed on the south end, albeit way out on > the algae mat. Least Sandpipers were numerous and they now outnumber Semis. I > spent time working on techniques for identifying lone tweener Yellowlegs. > This one works – wait for one of the other species to cross paths with it. > > > Steve Walter > Bayside, NY > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
