[nysbirds-l] Queens County Birding updates - Jamaica Bay East Pond (10-17), Fort Tilden (10-18)...
10-17-2012 - Shorebird highlights from the East Pond at Jamaica Bay on Wednesday afternoon included *32* *Dunlins, 2 Pectorals, 2 Least Sandpipers, *and *3 Lesser Yellowlegs. *Some Greater Yellowlegs remain, but not as many as I have noted in prior days. I should note, that my visit and observation was not during high tide, so other birds could very well have been out in the bay. In addition, I looked for the American White Pelican, but did not detect its presence. However, I would not conclude that it has departed until a few more visits with no sighting, since this bird sometimes shows up after not being seen for a few days. 10-18-2012 - Yesterday, I spent some time birding Fort Tilden and Jacob RIIS Park. There were not many birds around but I did enjoy working through several of the Sparrow flocks I came across. The only highlight, was a *Clay-colored Sparrow *observed near the baseball field at Tilden. Miscellaneous - For those of you following or interested in the Rhode Island, Wood Sandpiper. I have some photos and a short video posted on my blog ( http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2012/10/wood-sandpiper-yes-another-successful.html) from twitching this bird last Sunday. Good October Birding! Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Queens County Birding updates - Jamaica Bay East Pond (10-17), Fort Tilden (10-18)...
10-17-2012 - Shorebird highlights from the East Pond at Jamaica Bay on Wednesday afternoon included *32* *Dunlins, 2 Pectorals, 2 Least Sandpipers, *and *3 Lesser Yellowlegs. *Some Greater Yellowlegs remain, but not as many as I have noted in prior days. I should note, that my visit and observation was not during high tide, so other birds could very well have been out in the bay. In addition, I looked for the American White Pelican, but did not detect its presence. However, I would not conclude that it has departed until a few more visits with no sighting, since this bird sometimes shows up after not being seen for a few days. 10-18-2012 - Yesterday, I spent some time birding Fort Tilden and Jacob RIIS Park. There were not many birds around but I did enjoy working through several of the Sparrow flocks I came across. The only highlight, was a *Clay-colored Sparrow *observed near the baseball field at Tilden. Miscellaneous - For those of you following or interested in the Rhode Island, Wood Sandpiper. I have some photos and a short video posted on my blog ( http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2012/10/wood-sandpiper-yes-another-successful.html) from twitching this bird last Sunday. Good October Birding! Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
