A Marbled Godwit was observed late this morning on the sandbar on the north side of Jones Inlet, as viewed from the West End Marina. The bird was feeding in the mussel beds with American Oystercatchers, Willet, and Black-bellied Plover. The bird was flushed by boaters using the bar and observed headed west. It took a little time to relocate the bird with other birders on the incoming tide at the extreme west end of the sandbar (the drawbridge was in the background).
The previously reported Red-necked Phalarope and Hudsonian Godwit were not seen. Shorebirds on the pond included Pectoral, Stllt, and White-rumped Sandpipers as well as the regularly occurring species. Small numbers of Bobolinks and Eastern Kingbirds flew by while looking at the shorebirds. Ken Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
