I spent the afternoon at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, birding both East and West Ponds as well as the gardens. Land birds were scarce and nary a warbler was seen or heard. My highlights, were the following: *46* SNOWY EGRETS, *27* GREAT EGRETS, *9* LITTLE BLUE HERONS, **5 TRI-COLORED HERONS**, *28* GLOSSY IBIS, *14* BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and *2* YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS.
Also pleasing was the sight of FORSTER'S TERNS in the bay, I counted *15* of them. Other notables included 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS foraging around the shores of the West Pond, with one GREATER YELLOWLEGS loafing nearby for good comparison. Good Birding! Andrew Baksh Queens NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
