I found a single Baird's sandpiper on Friday August 26 around 6:30 p.m. at the Ossining Waterfront. That bird was then re-found Saturday morning (multiple observers) and again on Sunday, when Steve R noticed and photographed a second Baird's (his e-bird list from 8/28 has photos of both). B-2 was less buffy than B-1 and has a white "spot" on feathering between beak and eye. B-2 continues at least through 8:30 am this morning and has been favoring the rocks west of the band shell rather than the "spit" by wooden dock. Per Steve, B-1 flew off Sunday with a least SP, and has not been seen since; B-2 is the one that lingers. Certainly, unusual to have one Baird's let alone two seen on the Hudson side of the County. Appears to be first documented Westchester record(s) since 2007.
Note: Ebird has two locations for Ossining waterfront (believe both are hot spots), one is Harbor Square Park the other Louis Engel Park but they are contiguous and probably should be merged. The parking is commuter permitted except for about 12 (or so) free spots by Engel Park. As for the remainder of the commuter lot both east and west of the train tracks, weekends are free and on weekday the commuter spots are not checked (for permits) after I'd say about 11 am (but don't hold me to it). There is a path that goes along the river from the south end (by prison) north to the end of the apartment building which goes into a narrow path running along the Sing Sing Kill (creek) where the Black Crown Night Herons roost just before you are back to the train parking lot. L. Trachtenberg Ossining Lawrence B. Trachtenberg | trachtenb...@amsllp.com<mailto:trachtenb...@amsllp.com> Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP 12 E. 49th Street, New York, New York 10017 | T: 212.521.3511 | F: 212.838.5505 NOTICE: This e-mail is intended only for the named recipient(s). It contains confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product information. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not disseminate, distribute or copy it or any attachments. Should you have erroneously received this e-mail, please notify the sender by replying to it or calling the phone number above and please delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. Thank you! -- 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/ --
