[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park, Bronx - Thursday, August 10, 2017 - Pectoral Sandpier, other shorebirds, R-t Hummers
Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Thursday, August 10, 2017 Yesterday Jack Rothman, Bob DeCandido & I spent a couple of hours birding in Pelham Bay Park. Jack Rothman had posted the day before (Aug. 9) that shorebirds were foraging in puddles in the parking lot at Orchard Beach, mentioning Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated, and Least Sandpipers, and Lesser Yellowlegs. Here's what we found: Orchard Beach Parking Lot: A mixed flock of shorebirds numbering at least 70 birds, including a mix of at least 55 Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, but I couldn't get an exact count of either species. Some of the swallows came down to the puddle for a drink. Jack had seen 70 Semipalmated Plovers on Thursday, but we only found three. The Pectoral Sandpiper was new. Canada Goose - maybe a dozen and more grazing on a lawn nearby Semipalmated Plover - 3 Least Sandpiper - see note above Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper - see note above Short-billed Dowitcher - 7 juveniles Lesser Yellowlegs - 6 (adults & juveniles) Laughing Gull - 2 at puddle Herring Gull - flyovers Osprey - at nearby lagoon Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow - 2 to 4 Barn Swallow - at least 12, but possibly as many as 20 -- Bartow-Pell: Ruby-throated Hummingbird - at least 5 including adult male Downy Woodpecker Great Crested Flycatcher Warbling Vireo White-breasted Nuthatch Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5 Blue Jay Tree Swallow - flyover Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird American Goldfinch - several near nest Chipping Sparrow - 2 Baltimore Oriole - adult male Yellow Warbler Here's to mud-free birding in the Bronx, Deb Allen -- 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] Pelham Bay Park, Bronx - Thursday, August 10, 2017 - Pectoral Sandpier, other shorebirds, R-t Hummers
Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Thursday, August 10, 2017 Yesterday Jack Rothman, Bob DeCandido & I spent a couple of hours birding in Pelham Bay Park. Jack Rothman had posted the day before (Aug. 9) that shorebirds were foraging in puddles in the parking lot at Orchard Beach, mentioning Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated, and Least Sandpipers, and Lesser Yellowlegs. Here's what we found: Orchard Beach Parking Lot: A mixed flock of shorebirds numbering at least 70 birds, including a mix of at least 55 Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, but I couldn't get an exact count of either species. Some of the swallows came down to the puddle for a drink. Jack had seen 70 Semipalmated Plovers on Thursday, but we only found three. The Pectoral Sandpiper was new. Canada Goose - maybe a dozen and more grazing on a lawn nearby Semipalmated Plover - 3 Least Sandpiper - see note above Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper - see note above Short-billed Dowitcher - 7 juveniles Lesser Yellowlegs - 6 (adults & juveniles) Laughing Gull - 2 at puddle Herring Gull - flyovers Osprey - at nearby lagoon Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow - 2 to 4 Barn Swallow - at least 12, but possibly as many as 20 -- Bartow-Pell: Ruby-throated Hummingbird - at least 5 including adult male Downy Woodpecker Great Crested Flycatcher Warbling Vireo White-breasted Nuthatch Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5 Blue Jay Tree Swallow - flyover Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird American Goldfinch - several near nest Chipping Sparrow - 2 Baltimore Oriole - adult male Yellow Warbler Here's to mud-free birding in the Bronx, Deb Allen -- 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/ --
