[nysbirds-l] East Pond Rarities Update…
For folks still interested in ticking some of the rarities/goodies on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (BBWD), continued today north of the Raunt on the west side of the Pond. It was tucked in with a mashup of duckage and Canada Geese. The White-faced Ibis continued up at the Northend of the Pond. It was feeding comfortably with Glossy Ibis’ until a Peregrine Falcon made a run at a Glossy Ibis. I setup to grab video, thinking I might witness a take down as the Peregrine smacked the Glossy Ibis with 2 passes. But the plucky Glossy Ibis was not going down today and somehow mustered up the courage to finally take off instead of just trying to “duck“ the attack. No Long-billed Dowitchers seen today but I could have missed them or they have departed. 2 Pectoral Sandpipers continue and the number of Stilt Sandpipers hold steady at 31. Overall, shorebird numbers seemed down from Sunday. Other notables include the continuing drake Lesser Scaup, a young flyover Royal Tern, a couple of Purple Martins, summering Ruddy Ducks and an adult Gull-billed Tern! It’s great to see so many folks coming out to enjoy the birds that are showing up on the Pond. Let’s hope for more birds and…people too Cheers, “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.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/ --
[nysbirds-l] East Pond Rarities Update…
For folks still interested in ticking some of the rarities/goodies on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (BBWD), continued today north of the Raunt on the west side of the Pond. It was tucked in with a mashup of duckage and Canada Geese. The White-faced Ibis continued up at the Northend of the Pond. It was feeding comfortably with Glossy Ibis’ until a Peregrine Falcon made a run at a Glossy Ibis. I setup to grab video, thinking I might witness a take down as the Peregrine smacked the Glossy Ibis with 2 passes. But the plucky Glossy Ibis was not going down today and somehow mustered up the courage to finally take off instead of just trying to “duck“ the attack. No Long-billed Dowitchers seen today but I could have missed them or they have departed. 2 Pectoral Sandpipers continue and the number of Stilt Sandpipers hold steady at 31. Overall, shorebird numbers seemed down from Sunday. Other notables include the continuing drake Lesser Scaup, a young flyover Royal Tern, a couple of Purple Martins, summering Ruddy Ducks and an adult Gull-billed Tern! It’s great to see so many folks coming out to enjoy the birds that are showing up on the Pond. Let’s hope for more birds and…people too Cheers, “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.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/ --