Approximately 30 birders showed for the first Orchard Beach Puddle Walk. There wasn’t much bird diversity but a great opportunity for photographers, since birds were very close, light and reflections were beautiful, and it was easy to sit on the asphalt surface.
Too bad two Peregrines quickly flushed the only Pectoral found by Andrew Baksh. There were lots of Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, a few Lesser Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitchers. On the walk over from Rodman’s Neck, other species were seen. Thanks to Richard Aracil, Jeff Ward and “Bronx" Brendan Keogh for their help. Osprey (6) Chimney Swift (perhaps 30) Red-tailed Hawk (3) Barn Swallow (several) Cliff Swallow (few) Mallard (8) Snowy Egret (several on Turtle Pond) Great Egret Green Heron Common Tern Forester’s Tern Broad-winged Hawk (2) Peregrine Falcon (2) Eastern Kingbird (2) Laughing Gull (several) Canada Goose (several) Brown Cowbird Chipping Sparrow (few) Double-crested Cormorant Puddle Birds: Semipalmated Sandpiper (several) Least Sandpiper (few) Short-billed Dowitcher (3) Lesser Yellowlegs (2) Pectoral Sandpiper (seen briefly by Andrew before being flushed by Peregrine) Jack Rothman cityislandbirds.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/ --
