Multiple observers were present and observing the previously reported Baird's Sandpipers at both the below locations this morning:
The Baird's Sandpiper at Floyd Bennett Field continued at the runway puddles adjacent to the Cricket Field at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn this morning, in the company of about 15 juvenile Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers. There were also 35 Black-bellied and over 70 Semipalmated Plovers on the Cricket Field. Also evident in the area were small #'s of Eastern Kingbirds and Bobolinks. The 2 Baird's Sandpipers on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge were both still present north of the Raunt on the east side of the Pond. They were sticking together very closely. On the East Pond the water level is way up, and the shorebird numbers are incredibly low. Other highlights within the (probably <250) shorebirds present were at least 3 juvenile Stilt Sandpipers spread out, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, an adult Long-billed Dowitcher, and a juvenile Common Moorhen. The very confiding Long-billed was one of a whopping 2 Dowitchers south of the Raunt. The Moorhen was on the west side of the south cove, standing in/on the reeds. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
