[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds - juvenile Dunlin, Stilt, Pectotal Sandpipers

[David Klauber]

Around midday I checked the raunt from the Big John's Pond area. There were not 
many birds, but a decent variety: Greater Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitchers, 
Semipalmated, White-rumped (1), Stilt(2),Pectoral(1) Sandpipers, and 
Semipalmated Plovers.

The highlight for me was a brightly colored juvenile Dunlin, a plumage I had 
not seen before. Although there were a few gray basic scapulars, most of the 
scapulars and wing coverts had rufous fringes, with a bright spot by the alula 
area. The breast was heavily streaked, and the face was a pale brown. The belly 
was white, showing little sign of the black spot that the books say is typical 
of juveniles. Not a rare bird per se, but certainly an interesting one. A brief 
walk through the gardens found little except a Prairie warbler between the HQ 
and south garden

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds - juvenile Dunlin, Stilt, Pectotal Sandpipers

[David Klauber]

Around midday I checked the raunt from the Big John's Pond area. There were not 
many birds, but a decent variety: Greater Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitchers, 
Semipalmated, White-rumped (1), Stilt(2),Pectoral(1) Sandpipers, and 
Semipalmated Plovers.

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not seen before. Although there were a few gray basic scapulars, most of the 
scapulars and wing coverts had rufous fringes, with a bright spot by the alula 
area. The breast was heavily streaked, and the face was a pale brown. The belly 
was white, showing little sign of the black spot that the books say is typical 
of juveniles. Not a rare bird per se, but certainly an interesting one. A brief 
walk through the gardens found little except a Prairie warbler between the HQ 
and south garden

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds

[Isaac Grant]

Birded the wrong tide so I can't speak for what was there on high tide but 
there were maybe 50 shorebirds in total on the east pond at low tide. Only bird 
of note was my first juvenile shorebird of the year. A juvenile Least Sandpiper 
at the south end in with a group of 9 other Leasts (all adults). 

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds

[Isaac Grant]

Birded the wrong tide so I can't speak for what was there on high tide but 
there were maybe 50 shorebirds in total on the east pond at low tide. Only bird 
of note was my first juvenile shorebird of the year. A juvenile Least Sandpiper 
at the south end in with a group of 9 other Leasts (all adults). 

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Shorebirds Update

[Andrew Baksh]

A total of 18 species of shorebirds were recorded over the past few days at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in Queens NY.

The highlights being a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper found yesterday on the
north east end of the East Pond. The bird was later seen at the south end,
where good views were shared with the Greaves family (Roddy, Miles and
Travis) from Kingston NY. The Baird's was again seen today, this time on
the north west end as per Shane Blodgett.

Another good bird for the East Pond, Solitary Sandpiper, was seen yesterday
with Ed Becher and Bob Anderson. However, it was not seen by me today.

A good number of Western and White-rumped Sandpipers continue as well a few
Stilt Sandpipers that include our first few juveniles since the migration
started.

In non shorebird news, a Royal Tern was a flyover yesterday also on the
East Pond.

Cheers,

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*


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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Shorebirds Update

[Andrew Baksh]

A total of 18 species of shorebirds were recorded over the past few days at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in Queens NY.

The highlights being a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper found yesterday on the
north east end of the East Pond. The bird was later seen at the south end,
where good views were shared with the Greaves family (Roddy, Miles and
Travis) from Kingston NY. The Baird's was again seen today, this time on
the north west end as per Shane Blodgett.

Another good bird for the East Pond, Solitary Sandpiper, was seen yesterday
with Ed Becher and Bob Anderson. However, it was not seen by me today.

A good number of Western and White-rumped Sandpipers continue as well a few
Stilt Sandpipers that include our first few juveniles since the migration
started.

In non shorebird news, a Royal Tern was a flyover yesterday also on the
East Pond.

Cheers,

風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu  *The Art of War*
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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Shorebirds

[Steve Walter]

I thought I was done with this for the year, especially after this thrilling
August. But the quest to photograph a juvenile plumage Long-billed Dowitcher
changed my mind (not that any had been reported, but it should be possible
at this time). One Long-billed did pop in, albeit a basic plumage bird (with
3 juvenile Short-bills). So maybe not the picture I was looking for, but I
did capture a Kevin Karlson type picture of a Short-billed directly in front
of the Long-billed and leaving lots of Long-billed to be seen. Also joining
in the flock were a Pectoral Sandpiper and 2 Stilt Sandpipers, and up to 12
Lesser Yellowlegs (that's more than I saw in all of August combined) . A
White-rumped Sandpiper was also around. 10 species in all just at the south
end of the East Pond (which had been so unproductive at times this year), so
not bad for this time of the season. It is late September (and Rod Stewart
really should be back in school). 

White Pelican still around.


Steve Walter
Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Shorebirds update...

[Andrew Baksh]

Late this afternoon, I birded both the South and North End of the East
Pond.  There were a good number of shorebirds around indicating lots of
birds arrived in the past few days.  Leading the charge were *Short-billed
Dowitchers* whose numbers were highest to date for the season as I
estimated the count to be a around 3,000 (a conservative number, I might
add).

Following the Short-billed Dowitchers were the *Semipalmated
Sandpipers*who now outnumber Least Sandpipers by a fair margin.
SESA's were estimated
to be around 300 with *Least Sandpipers* holding steady around 40.

The number of *Stilt Sandpipers* have also grown from the one I reported
last Sunday to a count of 23 in total.  Many were seen on the south end as
I worked my way north.  The current star of the East Pond, *"Rufous Ruff"*,
continues; and as many have noted in their reports, seems to prefer
feeding/loafing on the east side of the pond south of North Island.  I have
found that this bird can easily be missed; especially, if the lighting
conditions are not good, so look carefully along the shoreline.

Other notable shorebirds include: 1 *Long-billed Dowitcher*, 2 *Pectoral
Sandpipers* and 1 *White-rumped Sandpiper*.

The other usual shorebirds for this time of the year, Greater Yellowlegs,
Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeers, Semipalmated Plovers and Spotted Sandpipers
were also represented on the pond.

Good Shorebirding in Queens!

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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Shorebirds update...

[Andrew Baksh]

Late this afternoon, I birded both the South and North End of the East
Pond.  There were a good number of shorebirds around indicating lots of
birds arrived in the past few days.  Leading the charge were *Short-billed
Dowitchers* whose numbers were highest to date for the season as I
estimated the count to be a around 3,000 (a conservative number, I might
add).

Following the Short-billed Dowitchers were the *Semipalmated
Sandpipers*who now outnumber Least Sandpipers by a fair margin.
SESA's were estimated
to be around 300 with *Least Sandpipers* holding steady around 40.

The number of *Stilt Sandpipers* have also grown from the one I reported
last Sunday to a count of 23 in total.  Many were seen on the south end as
I worked my way north.  The current star of the East Pond, *Rufous Ruff*,
continues; and as many have noted in their reports, seems to prefer
feeding/loafing on the east side of the pond south of North Island.  I have
found that this bird can easily be missed; especially, if the lighting
conditions are not good, so look carefully along the shoreline.

Other notable shorebirds include: 1 *Long-billed Dowitcher*, 2 *Pectoral
Sandpipers* and 1 *White-rumped Sandpiper*.

The other usual shorebirds for this time of the year, Greater Yellowlegs,
Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeers, Semipalmated Plovers and Spotted Sandpipers
were also represented on the pond.

Good Shorebirding in Queens!

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Queens NY
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds -

[Steve Walter]

Not mentioned by John yesterday, but seen today was a Wilson's Phalarope,
spending most of it's time (while I was there) just beyond the raunt. Also
in this area were 2 Western Sandpipers. One Pectoral Sandpiper was at the
south end, where the adult Long-billed Dowitcher remains a fixture (only a
touch of color now remaining on this nearly basic plumage bird). Stilt and
White-rumped Sandpipers were conspicuous in both areas. Does anyone remember
a year with so many White-rumps? I'd put the number in the neighborhood of 
20 today.


A Philadelphia Vireo was in the cluster if trees just before Big John's Pond
(now Big John's Meadow).

Steve Walter
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds - Baird's, Pectoral, Western, White-rumped, & L-b Dowitcher

[John Gluth]

I inadvertently omitted a PRAIRIE WARBLER from of my previous post, so we
actually saw 4 warbler species in the gardens at Jamaica Bay.



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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds - Baird's, Pectoral, Western, White-rumped, & L-b Dowitcher

[John Gluth]

At Jamaica Bay Refuge's East Pond water levels are up and shorebird numbers
are down. But a late morning/early afternoon visit today (11:30-2:45)
still turned up 13 species, some notable, so it's not too late to go
one last time.

I birded from the south end up past the Raunt, perhaps 1/3 of the way up
to the island. At the south end a modest number of peeps persisted, among
them up to 7 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. The juvenile COMMON MOORHEN was also
sticking around in its usual haunt - at the edge of the phragmites a bit
north of the southwest corner. From south of the Raunt, the long-staying
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was visible in the distance on a spit a bit south
of the island, among a large gathering of cormorants. At the northern
extent of my walk I came upon a small but diverse group of calidrids,
which included 2 juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 2 juvenile PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, 1 juvenile SANDERLING, 1 juvenile STILT SANDPIPER and another
White-rumped Sandpiper, among Semipalmated and Least sandpipers. On the
return trip, I found a couple other species at the south end not seen
earlier - WESTERN SANDPIPER (1 juvenile) and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (1
adult). Also seen were 2-3 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, 1 MERLIN and impressive
numbers of BLUE-WINGED TEAL.

Earlier in the morning, six members of Great South Bay Audubon and I
birded the gardens and the West Pond. The former were pretty quiet,
with the exception of a few vocal WHITE-EYED VIREOS, 2-3 RED-EYED VIREOS,
2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 1-2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE,
and only 3 species of warbler - 4-5 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 1-2 NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSHES, and 1 OVENBIRD. The West Pond and surrounding marshes
harbored the following notables: 1 GULL-BILLED TERN (basic-plumaged adult),
1 CLAPPER RAIL, PEREGRINE FALCON (1 juvenile which made a low flyover),
GREATER SCAUP (1 summering, non-breeding male, in heavy molt), and
1 LITTLE BLUE HERON.

John Gluth
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds - Baird's, Pectoral, Western, White-rumped, L-b Dowitcher

[John Gluth]

I inadvertently omitted a PRAIRIE WARBLER from of my previous post, so we
actually saw 4 warbler species in the gardens at Jamaica Bay.



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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds including Wilson's phlarope

[Seth Ausubel]

Shorebird diversity is still good at Jamaica Bay, with 17 species seen  
on the East Pond this morning.  The highlights were a Wilson's  
phalarope at the north end south of the cove, and the two continuing  
American avocets.  Other birds included 1 western sandpiper and 6  
stilt sandpipers at the north end, a pectoral sandpiper at the south  
end, 3 red knots, a ruddy turnstone, 2 killdeers, and about a dozen  
white-rumped sandpipers.


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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay shorebirds including Wilson's phlarope

[Seth Ausubel]

Shorebird diversity is still good at Jamaica Bay, with 17 species seen  
on the East Pond this morning.  The highlights were a Wilson's  
phalarope at the north end south of the cove, and the two continuing  
American avocets.  Other birds included 1 western sandpiper and 6  
stilt sandpipers at the north end, a pectoral sandpiper at the south  
end, 3 red knots, a ruddy turnstone, 2 killdeers, and about a dozen  
white-rumped sandpipers.


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