Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY - Oct. 14, 2013 At 3:30 this afternoon, I saw a Buff-breasted Sandpiper at the Raunt on the East Pond. It kept getting bullied around by Dunlins. A Merlin then put up the whole flock; after the flock settled down, I was unable to relocate it. I examined over 60 Dunlin, two dozen Yellowlegs of both species, 4 Semipalmated Sandpipers and 3 Semipalmated Plovers, but no Buff-breasted.
On my way out of the East Pond, I bumped into Andrew Baksh on his way in, who kindly pointed out 5-6 White-rumped Sandpipers in the southwestern corner. Yesterday on the East Pond, I saw my first Snow Geese of the season, including a striking "Blue" phase. Karlo Mirth Forest Hills, NY -- 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/ --
