[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond Shorebird Report 8-19

[Andrew Baksh]

Following "puddle birding" in the Bronx at Orchard Beach. I birded the East 
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, covering only the North End, on the 
afternoon rising tide.

The highlights are as follows: 

American Oystercatcher (3)
Black-bellied Plover (27)
Semipalmated Plover (9)
STILT SANDPIPER (33 - several stunning looking juveniles)
Least Sandpiper 35 (31 juveniles)
White-rumped Sandpiper (4)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (275 including 21 juveniles)
WESTERN SANDPIPER (1 juvenile)
Short-billed Dowitcher (57 - 53 juveniles)
Spotted Sandpiper (3 all juveniles)
Greater Yellowlegs (5)
Lesser Yellowlegs (27 all juveniles)

As I have posted recently. The north end remains quite tricky to navigate. It 
has become quite soupy in some areas and there are one or two spots that are a 
tad challenging. A pair of boots were recently abandoned at Dead Man's Cove and 
a few people have already taken mud baths. The East Pond is certainly NOT 
puddle birding ;)

Cheers,

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of 
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
Douglass

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
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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond Shorebird Report 8-19

[Andrew Baksh]

Following "puddle birding" in the Bronx at Orchard Beach. I birded the East 
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, covering only the North End, on the 
afternoon rising tide.

The highlights are as follows: 

American Oystercatcher (3)
Black-bellied Plover (27)
Semipalmated Plover (9)
STILT SANDPIPER (33 - several stunning looking juveniles)
Least Sandpiper 35 (31 juveniles)
White-rumped Sandpiper (4)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (275 including 21 juveniles)
WESTERN SANDPIPER (1 juvenile)
Short-billed Dowitcher (57 - 53 juveniles)
Spotted Sandpiper (3 all juveniles)
Greater Yellowlegs (5)
Lesser Yellowlegs (27 all juveniles)

As I have posted recently. The north end remains quite tricky to navigate. It 
has become quite soupy in some areas and there are one or two spots that are a 
tad challenging. A pair of boots were recently abandoned at Dead Man's Cove and 
a few people have already taken mud baths. The East Pond is certainly NOT 
puddle birding ;)

Cheers,

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of 
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick 
Douglass

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
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[nysbirds-l] Swindler Cove Park & Sherman Creek: Sat. 19-Aug-2017

[Ben Cacace]

*NY County Highlights (Summer):*

Semipalmated Plover (3), Killdeer, Least Sandpiper (16+), Semipalmated
Sandpiper (16+) & Eastern Wood-Pewee.

*1st hour*: *24 spp.*; *2nd*: *+3*; *3rd*: *+0*; *4th*: *+0* = *27 spp.*

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[nysbirds-l] Swindler Cove Park & Sherman Creek: Sat. 19-Aug-2017

[Ben Cacace]

*NY County Highlights (Summer):*

Semipalmated Plover (3), Killdeer, Least Sandpiper (16+), Semipalmated
Sandpiper (16+) & Eastern Wood-Pewee.

*1st hour*: *24 spp.*; *2nd*: *+3*; *3rd*: *+0*; *4th*: *+0* = *27 spp.*

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Manhattan, NYC
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. Aug. 19, 2017 - 11 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Mourning & Worm-eating

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Saturday, August 19, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m. ob.

Highlights: Eleven Species of Wood Warblers including a hatch-year male 
Mourning Warbler, 2 Worm-eating Warblers, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blue-winged 
Warblers, Canada Warblers, etc. 


Mallard - 8 Turtle Pond
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - a few
Herring Gull - flyovers
Red-tailed Hawk - adult male (Pale Male) Balancing Rock
Red-bellied Woodpecker - several
Downy Woodpecker - female Mugger's Woods
Northern Flicker - Maint. Field (Ryan Serio), Oak Bridge, south of Azalea Pond
Great Crested Flycatcher - molting adult eating an Eastern Amberwing 
(dragonfly) at Oak Bridge
Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond, Tupelo Field (early)
Warbling Vireo - 7
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee - Belvedere Castle (Bob & Deb - early)
White-breasted Nuthatch - Turtle Pond
American Robin - many
Gray Catbird - around 10
House Finch - Turtle Pond, Warbler Rock
Song Sparrow - heard Bow Bridge
Baltimore Oriole - at least 8 (1 singing at Turtle Pond, ad. male Oak Bridge 
(Gillian Henry), ad. male Maintenance Field)
Common Grackle - few
Ovenbird - 1 or 2 (Maintenance Field & between Maintenance Field & Boathouse)
Worm-eating Warbler - 2 (1 Azalea Pond/Evodia Field, 1 Oak Bridge)
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Triplet's Bridge & Balancing Rock)
Blue-winged Warbler - 3 or 4 (Maintenance Field, Humming Tombstone, Oak Bridge)
Black-and-white Warbler - 7 (2 Turtle Pond, 1 Oak Bridge, 1 Rock Wall (Peter 
Haskel), 2 Humming Tombstone, ad. male Maintenance Field (Ryan Serio))
Mourning Warbler - hatch-year male Maintenance Field
American Redstart - 18-20 (adult males Humming Tombstone & Oak Bridge)
Magnolia Warbler - in willow at Willow Rock/Oven
Yellow Warbler - 5 (Turtle Pond, Bow Bridge Island, Summer House Meadow, Oak 
Bridge, Maintenance Field)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Turtle Pond (David Barrett)
Canada Warbler - 5 (2 Turtle Pond. 1 Oak Bridge (Ryan Serio), 1 Triplet's 
Bridge, 1 Maintenance Field)
Northern Cardinal - still feeding fledglings

Ryan Serio reported a male Wood Duck at the Conservatory Water (Model Sailboat 
Pond). 


Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. Aug. 19, 2017 - 11 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Mourning & Worm-eating

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Saturday, August 19, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m. ob.

Highlights: Eleven Species of Wood Warblers including a hatch-year male 
Mourning Warbler, 2 Worm-eating Warblers, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blue-winged 
Warblers, Canada Warblers, etc. 


Mallard - 8 Turtle Pond
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - a few
Herring Gull - flyovers
Red-tailed Hawk - adult male (Pale Male) Balancing Rock
Red-bellied Woodpecker - several
Downy Woodpecker - female Mugger's Woods
Northern Flicker - Maint. Field (Ryan Serio), Oak Bridge, south of Azalea Pond
Great Crested Flycatcher - molting adult eating an Eastern Amberwing 
(dragonfly) at Oak Bridge
Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond, Tupelo Field (early)
Warbling Vireo - 7
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee - Belvedere Castle (Bob & Deb - early)
White-breasted Nuthatch - Turtle Pond
American Robin - many
Gray Catbird - around 10
House Finch - Turtle Pond, Warbler Rock
Song Sparrow - heard Bow Bridge
Baltimore Oriole - at least 8 (1 singing at Turtle Pond, ad. male Oak Bridge 
(Gillian Henry), ad. male Maintenance Field)
Common Grackle - few
Ovenbird - 1 or 2 (Maintenance Field & between Maintenance Field & Boathouse)
Worm-eating Warbler - 2 (1 Azalea Pond/Evodia Field, 1 Oak Bridge)
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Triplet's Bridge & Balancing Rock)
Blue-winged Warbler - 3 or 4 (Maintenance Field, Humming Tombstone, Oak Bridge)
Black-and-white Warbler - 7 (2 Turtle Pond, 1 Oak Bridge, 1 Rock Wall (Peter 
Haskel), 2 Humming Tombstone, ad. male Maintenance Field (Ryan Serio))
Mourning Warbler - hatch-year male Maintenance Field
American Redstart - 18-20 (adult males Humming Tombstone & Oak Bridge)
Magnolia Warbler - in willow at Willow Rock/Oven
Yellow Warbler - 5 (Turtle Pond, Bow Bridge Island, Summer House Meadow, Oak 
Bridge, Maintenance Field)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Turtle Pond (David Barrett)
Canada Warbler - 5 (2 Turtle Pond. 1 Oak Bridge (Ryan Serio), 1 Triplet's 
Bridge, 1 Maintenance Field)
Northern Cardinal - still feeding fledglings

Ryan Serio reported a male Wood Duck at the Conservatory Water (Model Sailboat 
Pond). 


Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] American Avocet on Staten Island

[Isaac Grant]

At Goethals Bridge Pond. Seen from trailer park

Isaac Grant
Senior Loan Officer

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[nysbirds-l] American Avocet on Staten Island

[Isaac Grant]

At Goethals Bridge Pond. Seen from trailer park

Isaac Grant
Senior Loan Officer

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[nysbirds-l] Orchard Beach Puddle Walk, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

[Jack Rothman]

Approximately 30 birders showed for the first Orchard Beach Puddle Walk. There 
wasn’t much bird diversity but a great opportunity for photographers, since 
birds were very close, light and reflections were beautiful, and it was easy to 
sit on the asphalt surface.

Too bad two Peregrines quickly flushed the only Pectoral found by Andrew Baksh. 
There were lots of Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, a few Lesser Yellowlegs 
and Short-billed Dowitchers. On the walk over from Rodman’s Neck, other species 
were seen.

Thanks to Richard Aracil, Jeff Ward and “Bronx" Brendan Keogh for their help.

Osprey (6)
Chimney Swift (perhaps 30)
Red-tailed Hawk (3)
Barn Swallow (several)
Cliff Swallow (few)
Mallard (8)
Snowy Egret (several on Turtle Pond)
Great Egret
Green Heron
Common Tern
Forester’s Tern
Broad-winged Hawk (2)
Peregrine Falcon (2)
Eastern Kingbird (2)
Laughing Gull (several)
Canada Goose (several)
Brown Cowbird
Chipping Sparrow (few)
Double-crested Cormorant

Puddle Birds:
Semipalmated Sandpiper (several)
Least Sandpiper (few)
Short-billed Dowitcher (3)
Lesser Yellowlegs  (2)
Pectoral Sandpiper (seen briefly by Andrew before being flushed by Peregrine)

Jack Rothman
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[nysbirds-l] Orchard Beach Puddle Walk, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

[Jack Rothman]

Approximately 30 birders showed for the first Orchard Beach Puddle Walk. There 
wasn’t much bird diversity but a great opportunity for photographers, since 
birds were very close, light and reflections were beautiful, and it was easy to 
sit on the asphalt surface.

Too bad two Peregrines quickly flushed the only Pectoral found by Andrew Baksh. 
There were lots of Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, a few Lesser Yellowlegs 
and Short-billed Dowitchers. On the walk over from Rodman’s Neck, other species 
were seen.

Thanks to Richard Aracil, Jeff Ward and “Bronx" Brendan Keogh for their help.

Osprey (6)
Chimney Swift (perhaps 30)
Red-tailed Hawk (3)
Barn Swallow (several)
Cliff Swallow (few)
Mallard (8)
Snowy Egret (several on Turtle Pond)
Great Egret
Green Heron
Common Tern
Forester’s Tern
Broad-winged Hawk (2)
Peregrine Falcon (2)
Eastern Kingbird (2)
Laughing Gull (several)
Canada Goose (several)
Brown Cowbird
Chipping Sparrow (few)
Double-crested Cormorant

Puddle Birds:
Semipalmated Sandpiper (several)
Least Sandpiper (few)
Short-billed Dowitcher (3)
Lesser Yellowlegs  (2)
Pectoral Sandpiper (seen briefly by Andrew before being flushed by Peregrine)

Jack Rothman
cityislandbirds.com






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