[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond 10-5 & Breezy Point 10-6 Queens Co.
East Pond 10-5:
As shorebird season winds down, the duckage numbers have begun to increase
substantially on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Greater Scaup and Northern Pintails are starting to increase from the one and
twos from a week earlier. Blue-winged Teal numbers have dropped and
Green-winged Teal numbers have increased.
4 Brant and 1 Snow Goose was a sign that Geese are on the move. Canada Geese
numbers are also showing an uptick. As I schelped up the pond from south to
north I had a nice tally of Swamp Sparrows but no Sparrow surprises.
The shorebird highlights of my East Pond foray are as follows: White-rumped
Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpipers (favoring the northend), Long-billed Dowitcher (1)
(favoring the northend and called too), Pectoral Sandpipers, Dunlins, Greater
and Lesser Yellowlegs and Spotted Sandpipers - one with a leg injury.
It seems that one of the juvenile Peregrine Falcons that were terrorizing the
shorebirds have gotten better at hunting. I witnessed a Lesser Yellowlegs
(LEYE) getting clipped which sadly made me adjust my LEYE totals.
Peeps are still in somewhat decent numbers this late on the pond. They tend to
hug the Phragmites while feeding which is good strategy with Falco Peregrinus
around.
NO SIGN of the American Avocet, which has not been reported for a few days. Any
Western Sandpiper candidate should be scrutinized very carefully. I have not
seen a Western Sandpiper on the pond since early September and the few photos
sent to me recently by some for review were all long billed SESAs.
Breezy Point 10-6
A trip to Breezy Point was marred by off leashed dogs and heavy machinery at
work on the beach.
The massive gathering of Tree Swallows observed on the beach a few weeks ago
was non existent. Nevertheless, a few thousand were still around wheeling
around and feeding on Bayberries.
Sanderlings in good numbers are still around. Within the flocks, I managed to
pick out Red Knot and a few Semipalmated Sandpiers.
Gull numbers are down and I only managed 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (LBBG).
This year has been a good one for LBBGs at Breezy.
Let’s hope for more good stuff showing up late on the pond and elsewhere.
Shorebirding is not done until I have seen the last peep leave the pond 邏
Cheers,
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay East Pond 10-5 & Breezy Point 10-6 Queens Co.
East Pond 10-5:
As shorebird season winds down, the duckage numbers have begun to increase
substantially on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Greater Scaup and Northern Pintails are starting to increase from the one and
twos from a week earlier. Blue-winged Teal numbers have dropped and
Green-winged Teal numbers have increased.
4 Brant and 1 Snow Goose was a sign that Geese are on the move. Canada Geese
numbers are also showing an uptick. As I schelped up the pond from south to
north I had a nice tally of Swamp Sparrows but no Sparrow surprises.
The shorebird highlights of my East Pond foray are as follows: White-rumped
Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpipers (favoring the northend), Long-billed Dowitcher (1)
(favoring the northend and called too), Pectoral Sandpipers, Dunlins, Greater
and Lesser Yellowlegs and Spotted Sandpipers - one with a leg injury.
It seems that one of the juvenile Peregrine Falcons that were terrorizing the
shorebirds have gotten better at hunting. I witnessed a Lesser Yellowlegs
(LEYE) getting clipped which sadly made me adjust my LEYE totals.
Peeps are still in somewhat decent numbers this late on the pond. They tend to
hug the Phragmites while feeding which is good strategy with Falco Peregrinus
around.
NO SIGN of the American Avocet, which has not been reported for a few days. Any
Western Sandpiper candidate should be scrutinized very carefully. I have not
seen a Western Sandpiper on the pond since early September and the few photos
sent to me recently by some for review were all long billed SESAs.
Breezy Point 10-6
A trip to Breezy Point was marred by off leashed dogs and heavy machinery at
work on the beach.
The massive gathering of Tree Swallows observed on the beach a few weeks ago
was non existent. Nevertheless, a few thousand were still around wheeling
around and feeding on Bayberries.
Sanderlings in good numbers are still around. Within the flocks, I managed to
pick out Red Knot and a few Semipalmated Sandpiers.
Gull numbers are down and I only managed 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (LBBG).
This year has been a good one for LBBGs at Breezy.
Let’s hope for more good stuff showing up late on the pond and elsewhere.
Shorebirding is not done until I have seen the last peep leave the pond 邏
Cheers,
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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