After finding that Robert Moses SP was closed (no surprise), I went to Heckscher SP at about 12:30,, and found the previously reported Baird's Sandpiper feeding actively in puddles in Field 7. (The lot was closed to cars, but easily observed.) A Pectoral Sandpiper flew in and lingered briefly before flying out with the several Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers that were already there. Earlier, I had seen another Pectoral in the now very wet swale south of Field 2 at Joes Beach West End, where I was beset by fierce hordes of mosquitoes. Before and after visiting Heckscher, I did some seawatching from the boardwalk shelter at Jones Beach Field 6. Visibility was poor both times, and I saw only a few gulls and distant terns over the ocean. Large flocks of the common gulls were on the beach. The park was scheduled to close at 4 pm.
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