Jones Beach West End 25 July While there were only a few species this morning, the bar in front of the marina and the adjacent bar behind the island running to the east hosted 700-800 shorebirds. They were mostly Semipalmated Sandpipers along with Semipalmated Plover, American Oystercatchers, Short-billed Dowitchers, Sanderling, Least Sandpiper (in the cove to the right), Ruddy Turnstones, Piping Plover and Killdeer on the lawn. Most of the peep were on the far bar, closely packed and too far to pick out other less common species. The swale was bone dry and bare of birds.
In spite of the current comments recently, there are a few shorebirds to look at.. 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/ --
