After the drenching rain this morning, Joel Strong and I got out to look over the fields to see what shorebirds, if any, had dropped in.
On Youngstown-Wilson Road, just west of Fitch, there were: 75 Dunlin 11 Least Sandpipers 3 White-rumped Sandpipers 100 Semipalmated Sandpipers 18 Short-billed Dowitchers 2 Spotted Sandpipers On the Lower Lake Road - Burgess Road join, there were: 2 American Wigeon 1 Semipalmated Plover 56 Dunlin 1 Least Sandpiper 1 White-rumped Sandpiper 46 Semipalmated Sandpipers 9 Short-billed Dowitchers 2 dowitcher species (possibly Long-billed) The highlight here was a FRANKLIN'S GULL with a few hundred Ring-billed and Herring Gulls. Unfortunately, it did not stay long, as an immature Bald Eagle came over and all the gulls flew off. It was probably a second-cycle bird, though possibly an adult that had not yet molted in its hood. Poor photos were obtained: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37144462 On the Orleans County side of Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road, there were: 4 Black-bellied Plovers 75 Dunlin 55 Semipalmated Sandpipers On Lower Lake Road, just east of Johnson Creek Road, there were: 10 Black-bellied Plovers 19 Dunlin 2 dowitcher species (seen very briefly) Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
