There was an adult Lark Sparrow along Archery Road in Floyd Bennett Field this morning (8/20) at around 6:45 AM. It ranged from the fence of the Tree Nursery down to the weedy area beyond the concrete barriers (where you are not permitted to walk). Not much around in the way of migrants, with a single flyover Bobolink being the only obvious one. Two small mixed groups of shorebirds flew over, consisting of 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 5 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 5 Short-billed Dowitchers. The Runway Puddles have now been replenished and look good for shorebirds. There was only a single juvenile Least Sandpiper there this morning (which soon disappeared), but they definitely warrant consistent checking considering that within the last couple of years they have held juveniles of Baird's, Western, and Stilt Sandpiper.
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