This morning there were were two juvenile Hudsonian Godwits present in the Field 7 lot, neither of which had any afflictions, meaning there is at least one other juvenile to add to the total number of godwits frequenting the lot. (The tumor-afflicted juvenile was not seen while I was there.) A Pectoral Sandpiper was also present.
The adult Hudwit with the injured leg eventually flew in from the east with a flock of 28 Black-bellies and some Dunlin, and sat down on a grassy strip on the west side of the lot. The puddles in the grass on the east side are no more, and the puddle in the lot itself is fast disappearing. Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
