Yesterday morning, Breezy was host to a couple thousand shorebirds - mostly Sanderling, but 12 shorebird species in total. Highlights overall were two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLs, a continuing male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER close to the jetty, two RED KNOTS, and good numbers of Ruddy Turnstones and Semipalmated Plovers (enough to begin to be able to sort through in hopes of, dare I say, some other kind of plover!).
Nothing rare or too exciting. But there were enough birds that it felt like anything could touch down or show up in the mix with enough attention. Ebird list and Flickr photos below: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47691518 https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/with/28845591187/ Good birding, Tripper -- 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/ --
