As of 4:30 this afternoon there were 2 Whimbrels feeding on the wide grassy median of the park loop road, immediately across from parking field 7. The adult bird present since at least Wednesday has been joined by a crisply plumaged juvenile. Both birds are fairly confiding, and if one uses their car as a blind very close views and photos can be had. Photos I captured Friday and today will be up on Flickr later today, here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgluth_brb/ The well-flooded field 7 held many gulls, though nothing unusual. There was a modest mix of shorebirds too, though fewer in number than late yesterday morning, when there were 15 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2-3 White-rumped Sandpipers, 15-20 Semipalmated Sandpipers (including a few juveniles), 4-5 Least Sandpipers, 12 Semipalmated Plovers and 14 Killdeer, the latter two species counts including birds seen on the ball field between fields 6 and 7. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
