Re:[nysbirds-l] Riverhead Shorebirds: Hulse Landing and Doctor's Path, update

2017-09-03 Thread Timothy Healy
I'm departing from my stakeout now and wanted to make a few amendments to my statement. There are several distant, brownish Semipalmated Sandpipers out there, and after momentarily being faked out a few times I'm no longer 100% that my briefly glimpsed bird was absolutely a Baird's. The Buff-bre

[nysbirds-l] Riverhead Shorebirds: Hulse Landing and Doctor's Path

2017-09-03 Thread Timothy Healy
Hulse Landing Road did not have any Buff-breasted or Baird's Sandpipers around 10 AM, but a flyover Upland Sandpiper was heard, observed, and recorded as it passed over to the east. After a quiet morning of fruitless searching, I have located 2 Buffies and a Baird's east of Doctor's Path. The bi