NY County Highlights (Summer season): Least Sandpiper (6), Spotted Sandpiper (2), Common Nighthawk (2) & American Goldfinch
*1st hour*: *19 spp.*; *2nd*: *+2 (34 min.)* = *21 spp.* A pair of Common Nighthawks were moving south over the Harlem River first seen south of Sherman Creek. The tide was rising when I arrived and all but the area near the observation site at the southeast corner of Sherman Creek was under water. When I arrived at this spot at 7:50p several shorebirds flushed including 2 Spotted Sandpipers and several Least Sandpipers. This was approximately 1 foot before high tide according to the University Heights Bridge tide chart for 10-Aug and a half foot below the Spuyten Duyvil high tide mark. I've marked this area on a customized Google Map for the park. It can be found on the NYS eBird Hotspots below the eBird.org hotspot map on the right side of the screen. Click box on upper right of Google map to view larger map: Google Map & overlay showing high ground on mudflats: • http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Swindler%20Cove%20Park%20and%20Sherman%20Creek Full checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47768930 -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> -- 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/ --
