[nysbirds-l] 5th Annual Seatuck Birding Challenge

2018-07-19 Thread Patricia Lindsay
Join Long Island’s only island-wide birding competition to help promote bird watching, wildlife conservation and open space preservation across the region. The event is open to all levels of experience, from expert birders to complete novices. Fall migration promises large numbers of birds

[nysbirds-l] 5th Annual Seatuck Birding Challenge

2018-07-19 Thread Patricia Lindsay
Join Long Island’s only island-wide birding competition to help promote bird watching, wildlife conservation and open space preservation across the region. The event is open to all levels of experience, from expert birders to complete novices. Fall migration promises large numbers of birds

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, East Pond

2018-07-19 Thread Sy Schiff
Joe Giunta and I went to check out the North and South ends. The most common bird was SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at both ends (~100). Peep were in lesser numbers, mostly SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS with a few LEAST mixed in. Most birds were at the south end where we added a SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 5

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, East Pond

2018-07-19 Thread Sy Schiff
Joe Giunta and I went to check out the North and South ends. The most common bird was SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at both ends (~100). Peep were in lesser numbers, mostly SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS with a few LEAST mixed in. Most birds were at the south end where we added a SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 5