September 12. Slow day for land and shorebirds. The day started with a short visit with the South Shore Audubon at Hempstead Lake SP. Birds included. SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, singing WARBLING VIREO, "yellow green" SCARLET TANAGER and 5 warblers, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and NORTHERN PARULA the most interesting.
Five of us then went on to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, north end of the East Pond. Disappointing! There were only about 100 shorebirds, 3/4 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1/4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. Also, a few LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER (a target bird for all) and the WILSON'S PHALAROPE (the reason for the trip). The Phalarope was feeding south of the island along the east edge of the pond, never venturing into the water, We saw and heard a WHITE-EYED VIREO singing as we walked from the parking lot to the pond entrance road. Quiet in the park; very quiet at Jamaica Bay. Still, 2 target birds for the day. Not so bad after all. Sy Schiff -- 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/ --
