There is an American Avocet currently on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. The bird is on the west side, about a little more than 1/2 way up the pond.
Also of note were singles of Stilt Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper and Piping Plover, the latter only my second ever on the pond. It should be noted that my observations were all from the East Side of the pond looking across to the west side as I make my way up from south to north. Other notable non shorebird sighting was a juvenile Black Tern at the south end reported by Sean Sime with Shane Blodgett. Full report later. Cheers from the pond! 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --