Add some and lose some. That was the kind of data I got from shorebirding
today on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
The notable additions were another *AMERICAN AVOCET *making now 3 on the
pond and a *WILSON's PHALAROPE.*
Steve Walter and I did some mothing last night at the
Add some and lose some. That was the kind of data I got from shorebirding
today on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
The notable additions were another *AMERICAN AVOCET *making now 3 on the
pond and a *WILSON's PHALAROPE.*
Steve Walter and I did some mothing last night at the
People are destroying the horseshoe crab population. The fishermen and the
medical industry are taking them. The medical industry takes a portion of
their blood and uses it in bio-med testing. They put them back after but no
one knows how they do in their weakened state. It's out of hand. No one
Shai, et al.:
There were many leaking tanks of fuel oil floating in and around
Broad Channel as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The East Pond may have
been contaminated and the invertebrate fauna that shorebirds feed on
affected. My impression is that are fewer insects occurring around
the
Being less sure than Steve about what "my thing" is, or might someday be, I've
maintained fairly detailed and consistent records of my counts of shorebirds on
Long Island since about 1996. One never knows when one might want to be able to
retrieve one's own data on shorebird numbers at Pikes
Being less sure than Steve about what my thing is, or might someday be, I've
maintained fairly detailed and consistent records of my counts of shorebirds on
Long Island since about 1996. One never knows when one might want to be able to
retrieve one's own data on shorebird numbers at Pikes
From: bounce-117610979-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-117610979-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Angus Wilson
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 5:57 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Shorebird update
These impressions of low shorebird numbers from different spots along Long
These impressions of low shorebird numbers from different spots along Long
Island are interesting and thank you all for sharing. Data collecting tools
like eBird are well suited to quantifying these impressions if they hold
up, and this is one reason why observers should make the effect to
I should say that there were small flocks out on some of the exposed bars
around Triton Lane and Tiana Beach Suffolk Co. These were groups of 10-50
comprised mainly of Sb Dowitcher, Least and Semi Sandpipers with a few
yellowlegs and Semi Plovers. So I don't mean to report that there are no
No shorebirds on the exposed flats at Pikes in Westhampton Beach today at low
tide. One flyby Royal Tern there and give more on a bar north if Triton Lane
to the east.
I don't remember ever seeing shorebird numbers this low in late July
Mike Cooper
Ridge LI, NY
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul
It has been a slow week on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. Today, saw a
minimal increase in shorebirds but the numbers remain very low.
Highlights were 5 *Stilt Sandpipers*. Other notables during the week,
include a *Bonaparte's Gull*, last seen on the 20th and the continuing male
and female
It has been a slow week on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. Today, saw a
minimal increase in shorebirds but the numbers remain very low.
Highlights were 5 *Stilt Sandpipers*. Other notables during the week,
include a *Bonaparte's Gull*, last seen on the 20th and the continuing male
and female
No shorebirds on the exposed flats at Pikes in Westhampton Beach today at low
tide. One flyby Royal Tern there and give more on a bar north if Triton Lane
to the east.
I don't remember ever seeing shorebird numbers this low in late July
Mike Cooper
Ridge LI, NY
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul
These impressions of low shorebird numbers from different spots along Long
Island are interesting and thank you all for sharing. Data collecting tools
like eBird are well suited to quantifying these impressions if they hold
up, and this is one reason why observers should make the effect to
From: bounce-117610979-8873...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-117610979-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Angus Wilson
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 5:57 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Shorebird update
These impressions of low shorebird numbers from different spots along Long
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