Gary Kohlenberg and I were there this evening and also saw 2 Long-billed
Dowitchers.
Ann Mitchell
In a message dated 8/11/2010 5:27:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
guthr...@gmail.com writes:
Thanks to Dave mentioning them as I drove in, I was able to see all three
phalaropes. Tough to te
I visited the Root, Montgomery Mississippi Kite location today with
Hugh and Urling Kingery of Colorado, along with Urling's sister
Judy. We had good views of two kites, very active to the SW of the
Donato/Mapletown Rd. intersection.
Andy Mason
Andrew Mason
1039 Peck St.
Jefferson, NY 12093
Bob Kurtz and I birded the East Pond (at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge) this
morning; first the north end, then the south end up to the Raunt.
We tallied an excellent 22 species of shorebirds on the pond. The Short-billed
Dowitchers on the Pond are now probably comprised of over 30% juveniles, an
from Tuesday, 10 August 2010
As for terns at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (in Queens County,
N.Y. City) there was a Caspian Tern reported by Rafael Campos of
Brooklyn (and Costa Rica) - who also mentioned that an American White
Pelican continued, & very notably a Red-necked as well as two
Thanks to Dave mentioning them as I drove in, I was able to see all three
phalaropes. Tough to tell in the haze but my impression was that one of the
Red-necked was a basic adult and the other a juvenile.
There was also an adult American Golden-Plover in the same general area.
Dave also ment
