The Linnaean Society Tom Davis Memorial Shorebird Walk was held today at Jamaica Bay. It was great to be there on the same day as the Shorebird Festival and great to see so many friends and new faces on the East Pond. The amount of young birders out was both encouraging and heartwarming.
The shorebirds did not disappoint and our group tallied 18 species. American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) 2 Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 55 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 62 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 2 Red Knot (Calidris canutus) 1 Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) 5 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 53 White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) 6 Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 325 Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 1 Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 175 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 2 Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 1 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 9 Willet (Tringa semipalmata) 2 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 15 Hopefully the die hards at the festival will turn up some other good birds before the day ends. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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/ --
