[nysbirds-l] Niagara Falls Great Egret Colony

[WilliamWatsonSr]

August  17 -  There appears to be a disruption at the  Niagara Falls Great 
Egret Colony.  Today  (between 10:00 AM and  10:40 AM) I again observed the 
Great Egret Colony from Three Sisters Island at  Goat Island.  I observed 
four egret  on one nest ( based on previous observations one of the four was 
probably an  adult with three full size nestling). Through the foliage I 
observed two adults  one of which could be seen feeding a nesting. With other 
egrets between thes  nesting locations I observed as many as eleven Great 
Egrets. (Compared to only  six seen on August 1st.) 
However,  when I observed the colony from the Canadian side I was disturbed 
that I did not  see any nests where I had observed four nests with a total 
12 nestlings on  August 1st. The maximum number of egrets observed today 
from the  Canadian side were three adult Great Egrets. I also observed 14 
Common  Mergansers and two Peregrine Falcons at Niagara Falls Ontario. It is 
strange  that the only nest left is the one that had the most mature Great 
Egrets. The  colony is located above the Canadian (Horseshoe) Falls on the 
islands near the  sunken barge. Also observed along the river in Niagara Falls 
were TWO  PLAYFULLY SOARING PEREGRINE  FALCONS, seven Black-cr. Night Herons,  
and 14 Common Mergansers.
 
Back  in New York along the Niagara River the Osprey nest at Liberty Road 
(Wheatfield)  had SIX Ospreys on it. In the evening along Feeder Road at 
Iroquois Nation Wild  Life Refuge there the WILSON'S PHALAROPE with 23 Lesser 
Yellowlegs, an adult  Common Gallinule with 3 very small chicks, and 139 
roosting  Great Egrets. 
 
August  16 at Rock Point Provincial Park (on the north shore of Lake Erie 
35 km west of  Fort Erie) there was the START OF WARBLER MIGRATION with 
Nashville Warbler,  Black-and-white Warbler, and two Yellow-rumped Warblers, in 
addition to the  breeding warblers. Also 37 Semipalmated Sandpipers, at least 
2 Sanderlings, 3  Semipalmated Plovers, 12 Least Sandpipers, 3 Lesser 
Yellowlegs, and a  Yellow-billed Cuckoo. From Rock Point taking Downy Road 
north 
2 km and making a  left on Rhymer Road to Mosaic Ponds where there were 4 
Bald Eagles, 4  Dowitchers, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, 4 Least 
Sandpipers, 17  Caspian Terns, 4 Green-winged Teals, 2 Blue-winged Teals, 
and 6 Great Egrets  further west just passed the Innophospate plant. There 
were also good birds in  Fort Erie. 
 
Best  Wishes for Great Birding,
Bill  Watson 
Buffalo  Ornithological Society
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Marbled Godwits, Jones Beach sand Bar

[Ardith Bondi]

Although we didn't keep track of numbers, Carole Berglie and I (Ardith 
Bondi), arriving at about 1PM, saw quite a few of the smaller shorebirds 
on the Jones Beach CGS sandbar, despite swimmers and boaters. They 
included Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated Sandpipers and Sanderlings. 
We also saw Black-bellied Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers (at least 2), 
Ruddy Turnstones and at least one Willet. Down the fishermans' trail 
past the Coast Guard station, aside from some rather vocal juvenile 
Common Terns and some Ruddy Turnstones, we spotted a Spotted Sandpiper.


Does anyone else think there is an inordinately large number of 
Semi-palmated Plovers and Semi-palmated Sandpipers this year? Over the 
past two weeks, I have seen very large numbers of them. In the Nickerson 
Beach Parking lot and on the lawn there there were probably 1000. A few 
days later, they virtually carpeted the beach at Long Beach Island, NJ 
early in the morning before the beachgoers took over, and today, there 
were still quite a few at the Coast Guard Station sandbar.


Ardith Bondi

On 8/17/11 8:36 PM, Sy Schiff wrote:

Jones Beach West End 17 Aug
Arrived at the Coast Guard Station arriving about 8:30. A Peregrine
Falcon promptly flew by and about 2-300 small shorebirds promptly
scattered and flew off. None of the larger shorebirds moved. About 9:00,
one of the half dozen or so birders noticed the MARBLED GODWIT among the
large group of remaining AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and WILLET. It had been
sleeping, bill tucked in, and obscured by the mass of birds. As I
scoped, it picked up its head, showed its bill and stretched its wings
showing no upper wing stripe and lovely rusty under wing coverts. It
promptly went back to sleep and all but disappeared into the mass of birds.
As previously reported, the swale is a lake. I went over to see if the
missing shorebirds went there. No such luck. I returned to the Coast
Guard Station, scanned the bar and found TWO MARBLED GODWIT.
Sy Schiff
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[nysbirds-l] Marbled Godwits, Jones Beach sand Bar

[Sy Schiff]

Jones Beach West End 17 Aug

Arrived at the Coast Guard Station arriving about 8:30. A Peregrine Falcon 
promptly flew by and about 2-300 small shorebirds promptly scattered and flew 
off. None of the larger shorebirds moved.  About 9:00, one of the half dozen or 
so birders noticed the MARBLED GODWIT among the large group of remaining 
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and WILLET.  It had been sleeping, bill tucked in, and 
obscured by the mass of birds.  As I scoped, it picked up its head, showed its 
bill and stretched its wings showing no upper wing stripe and lovely rusty 
under wing coverts. It promptly went back to sleep and all but disappeared into 
the mass of birds.

As previously reported, the swale is a lake.  I went over to see if the missing 
shorebirds went there. No such luck. I returned to the Coast Guard Station, 
scanned the bar and found TWO MARBLED GODWIT.

Sy Schiff

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[nysbirds-l] Cupsogue Beach, L.I. Update, Aug. 17th

[Carl Starace]

Hello All,Dick Belanger and I were quite pleased this early morn
to find the flats at Cupsogue empty of all the usual: numerous and quite
serious clam muckers, noisy bayside scamperers, large running dogs , but
most particularly that deafening, MOSQUITO CONTROL HELICOPTER that has
twice, just recently, made shorebird viewing at Cupsogue flats a lost cause
for us. Without the aforementioned we were treated to unobstructed and
lengthy views of 6 Marbled Godwits and a juvenile Whimbrel. Four of the
Godwits, the Whimbrel and 2 "Western" Willets preened and rested for almost
an hour together across the little channel that feeds the encroaching tide
from the west. The two other Marbled's were casually feeding/napping just to
the east of them. Dowitchers,Turnstones, and Greater Yellowlegs were about
but the "peeps" had less presence today and there was no sign of the Black
Terns. Good August Birding,   Carl Starace


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[nysbirds-l] Cupsogue Beach, L.I. Update, Aug. 17th

[Carl Starace]

Hello All,Dick Belanger and I were quite pleased this early morn
to find the flats at Cupsogue empty of all the usual: numerous and quite
serious clam muckers, noisy bayside scamperers, large running dogs , but
most particularly that deafening, MOSQUITO CONTROL HELICOPTER that has
twice, just recently, made shorebird viewing at Cupsogue flats a lost cause
for us. Without the aforementioned we were treated to unobstructed and
lengthy views of 6 Marbled Godwits and a juvenile Whimbrel. Four of the
Godwits, the Whimbrel and 2 Western Willets preened and rested for almost
an hour together across the little channel that feeds the encroaching tide
from the west. The two other Marbled's were casually feeding/napping just to
the east of them. Dowitchers,Turnstones, and Greater Yellowlegs were about
but the peeps had less presence today and there was no sign of the Black
Terns. Good August Birding,   Carl Starace


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[nysbirds-l] Marbled Godwits, Jones Beach sand Bar

[Sy Schiff]

Jones Beach West End 17 Aug

Arrived at the Coast Guard Station arriving about 8:30. A Peregrine Falcon 
promptly flew by and about 2-300 small shorebirds promptly scattered and flew 
off. None of the larger shorebirds moved.  About 9:00, one of the half dozen or 
so birders noticed the MARBLED GODWIT among the large group of remaining 
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and WILLET.  It had been sleeping, bill tucked in, and 
obscured by the mass of birds.  As I scoped, it picked up its head, showed its 
bill and stretched its wings showing no upper wing stripe and lovely rusty 
under wing coverts. It promptly went back to sleep and all but disappeared into 
the mass of birds.

As previously reported, the swale is a lake.  I went over to see if the missing 
shorebirds went there. No such luck. I returned to the Coast Guard Station, 
scanned the bar and found TWO MARBLED GODWIT.

Sy Schiff

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Marbled Godwits, Jones Beach sand Bar

[Ardith Bondi]

Although we didn't keep track of numbers, Carole Berglie and I (Ardith 
Bondi), arriving at about 1PM, saw quite a few of the smaller shorebirds 
on the Jones Beach CGS sandbar, despite swimmers and boaters. They 
included Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated Sandpipers and Sanderlings. 
We also saw Black-bellied Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers (at least 2), 
Ruddy Turnstones and at least one Willet. Down the fishermans' trail 
past the Coast Guard station, aside from some rather vocal juvenile 
Common Terns and some Ruddy Turnstones, we spotted a Spotted Sandpiper.


Does anyone else think there is an inordinately large number of 
Semi-palmated Plovers and Semi-palmated Sandpipers this year? Over the 
past two weeks, I have seen very large numbers of them. In the Nickerson 
Beach Parking lot and on the lawn there there were probably 1000. A few 
days later, they virtually carpeted the beach at Long Beach Island, NJ 
early in the morning before the beachgoers took over, and today, there 
were still quite a few at the Coast Guard Station sandbar.


Ardith Bondi

On 8/17/11 8:36 PM, Sy Schiff wrote:

Jones Beach West End 17 Aug
Arrived at the Coast Guard Station arriving about 8:30. A Peregrine
Falcon promptly flew by and about 2-300 small shorebirds promptly
scattered and flew off. None of the larger shorebirds moved. About 9:00,
one of the half dozen or so birders noticed the MARBLED GODWIT among the
large group of remaining AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and WILLET. It had been
sleeping, bill tucked in, and obscured by the mass of birds. As I
scoped, it picked up its head, showed its bill and stretched its wings
showing no upper wing stripe and lovely rusty under wing coverts. It
promptly went back to sleep and all but disappeared into the mass of birds.
As previously reported, the swale is a lake. I went over to see if the
missing shorebirds went there. No such luck. I returned to the Coast
Guard Station, scanned the bar and found TWO MARBLED GODWIT.
Sy Schiff
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