[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Jones Beach
Jones Beach West End Jetty 3 Sep Joe Guinta and I (Sy Schiff) walked down to the ocean through the swale and did not see a single shorebird. However, Sanderling and Semipalmated Sandpipers were scattered all over the wrack line from there to the jetty. At the jetty we walked approx, a quarter mile north along the jetty to the previously mentioned "lagoon", now a dried out depression on our right. Two WHIMBREL were visible on some wrack at that point. They walked left, to and then through the jetty, to a sand bar on the inlet side while we watched. We continued north to another area of sand and vegetation similar to the swale. Later, as we retraced our steps south, the whimbrel flew north into this area. Look for the birds from the ocean north to a white maintenance building. Look on both sides of the jetty and in any flats on your right. (DO NOT WALK OUT ON THE NARROW SAND PATCH ON THE INLET SIDE OF THE JETTY. WHEN THE TIDE IS MOVING IN, IT TURNS TO QUICKSAND.) The sand bar at the marina had about a hundred Black Skimmers and another hundred Oystercatchers in addition to the usual shorebirds. A Merlin flew by a few times stirring the pot. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Jones Beach
Jones Beach West End Jetty 3 Sep Joe Guinta and I (Sy Schiff) walked down to the ocean through the swale and did not see a single shorebird. However, Sanderling and Semipalmated Sandpipers were scattered all over the wrack line from there to the jetty. At the jetty we walked approx, a quarter mile north along the jetty to the previously mentioned "lagoon", now a dried out depression on our right. Two WHIMBREL were visible on some wrack at that point. They walked left, to and then through the jetty, to a sand bar on the inlet side while we watched. We continued north to another area of sand and vegetation similar to the swale. Later, as we retraced our steps south, the whimbrel flew north into this area. Look for the birds from the ocean north to a white maintenance building. Look on both sides of the jetty and in any flats on your right. (DO NOT WALK OUT ON THE NARROW SAND PATCH ON THE INLET SIDE OF THE JETTY. WHEN THE TIDE IS MOVING IN, IT TURNS TO QUICKSAND.) The sand bar at the marina had about a hundred Black Skimmers and another hundred Oystercatchers in addition to the usual shorebirds. A Merlin flew by a few times stirring the pot. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Jones Beach
Jones Beach West End Jetty 3 Sep Joe Guinta and I (Sy Schiff) walked down to the ocean through the swale and did not see a single shorebird. However, Sanderling and Semipalmated Sandpipers were scattered all over the wrack line from there to the jetty. At the jetty we walked approx, a quarter mile north along the jetty to the previously mentioned lagoon, now a dried out depression on our right. Two WHIMBREL were visible on some wrack at that point. They walked left, to and then through the jetty, to a sand bar on the inlet side while we watched. We continued north to another area of sand and vegetation similar to the swale. Later, as we retraced our steps south, the whimbrel flew north into this area. Look for the birds from the ocean north to a white maintenance building. Look on both sides of the jetty and in any flats on your right. (DO NOT WALK OUT ON THE NARROW SAND PATCH ON THE INLET SIDE OF THE JETTY. WHEN THE TIDE IS MOVING IN, IT TURNS TO QUICKSAND.) The sand bar at the marina had about a hundred Black Skimmers and another hundred Oystercatchers in addition to the usual shorebirds. A Merlin flew by a few times stirring the pot. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
