The Eurasian Whimbrel doesn't have a white line up the back but a white wedge, broad at the base and narrowing up to a point in the middle back. Bob Paxton
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Isaac Grant <hosesbroadb...@gmail.com> wrote: > That Whimbrel photo seems to show a Eurasian Whimbrel. Looks like a white > line going up the back in the one photo and barred whitish tail. Super > cool. > > Isaac Grant > Senior Loan Officer > > On Apr 15, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Cesar Castillo <czar3...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I walked out from the Fishermans parking lot at Fort Tilden to Breezy > Point jetty. On the long march back a Whimbrel flew towards me and then > past me. I got some bad photos of it as it flew away, but you can still > see the curved bill and whitish rump of this largish shorebird. Other good > finds included a small flock of White-winged Scoters in the choppy waters > and hundreds of Northern Gannets, Purple Sandpipers and up to 8 Piping > Plovers. Some breeding plumage Common Loons. I thought I saw a seal as I > approached the jetty but it dove down and never popped up again. > > Here is a link to the e-bird report. > > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44596163 > > > Afterwards I stopped by Big Egg Marsh and on the way out I found a > Tricolored Heron. It was in the marshy area found between the bridge to > the Rockaways, the parking lot and the baseball fields. Very easy to > photograph from that spot even with my 300mm. > See checklist below. > > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44599081 > > > > > > César > > Una tarde la princesa vio una estrella aparecer; la princesa era > traviesa y la quiso ir a coger. > La quería para hacerla decorar un prendedor, con un verso y una perla, una > pluma y una flor. > Las princesas primorosas se parecen mucho a ti; cortan lirios, cortan > rosas, cortan astros. Son así. > -*A Margarita Debayle (To Margarita Debayle) by Ruben Dario* > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- 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/ --
