----- Forwarded Message ----- From: vanh...@citlink.net To: "Mearnsbirdclub" <mearnsbirdc...@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:39:45 PM Subject: [Mearnsbirdclub] Orange County Shorebirds!
In response to Ken McDermott's post from last night, I headed to the Black Dirt Region of Orange County this morning. I found an abundance of shorebirds on Missionland Road in Pine Island. Keeping track of numbers for my ebird report, I found the following numbers of birds which Ken had reported yesterday: American Golden Plover - 1 Semipalmated Plover - 4 Killdeer - approx. 200 Spotted Sandpiper - 3 Lesser Yellowlegs - 25 Stilt Sandpiper - 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 25 Least Sandpiper - 35 White-rumped Sandpiper - 2 (one each in two fields) Baird's Sandpiper - 1 Pectoral Sandpiper - 15 Then as I scanned a flock, I found 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS! I was able to reach Rob Stone, and he came over and got to see the birds, including the buffies. Later, after I had returned to Sullivan County, I received another call from Ken who informed me he had found seven SANDERLING on Turtle Bay Road. I was able to zoom down and find them still there. Other shorebirds at this spot were: Killdeer - 9 Semipalmated Plover - 4 Lesser Yellowlegs - 6 Stilt Sandpiper - 1 Least Sandpiper - 3 I posted a somewhat distant shot on my blog at http://bashakillbirder.wordpress.com Great birding! Thanks Ken! John Haas __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic ( 1 ) Recent Activity: • New Members 1 • New Photos 4 Visit Your Group MARKETPLACE A bad score is 598. A bad idea is not checking yours, at freecreditscore.com. Yahoo! Groups Switch to: Text-Only , Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
