Following "puddle birding" in the Bronx at Orchard Beach. I birded the East
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, covering only the North End, on the
afternoon rising tide.
The highlights are as follows:
American Oystercatcher (3)
Black-bellied Plover (27)
Semipalmated Plover (9)
STILT SANDPIPER (33 - several stunning looking juveniles)
Least Sandpiper 35 (31 juveniles)
White-rumped Sandpiper (4)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (275 including 21 juveniles)
WESTERN SANDPIPER (1 juvenile)
Short-billed Dowitcher (57 - 53 juveniles)
Spotted Sandpiper (3 all juveniles)
Greater Yellowlegs (5)
Lesser Yellowlegs (27 all juveniles)
As I have posted recently. The north end remains quite tricky to navigate. It
has become quite soupy in some areas and there are one or two spots that are a
tad challenging. A pair of boots were recently abandoned at Dead Man's Cove and
a few people have already taken mud baths. The East Pond is certainly NOT
puddle birding ;)
Cheers,
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others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
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林 Quiet as the forest
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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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