The extended mudflats at Mecox continue to provide outstanding opportunities to see sandpipers and terns: this morning's sightings included nearly 300 common terns, dozens of Forster's and least terns, sanderlings, semipalmated, white rumped and least sandpipers, semipalmated and black bellied plovers (and a few piping) at least 30 short-billed dowitchers, a stilt sandpiper, a ruddy turnstone, a laughing gull, and the usual assortment of other gulls, cormorants, swans, tree swallows and egrets.
At the moment best viewing is from the west side of the pond, which offers access to the flats, but parking is limited to residents with permits from 9 am to 6 pm. Waiting for news from Sagg Pond to know when that will be open. Jane F. Ross, PhD International Education Consultant mobile: 917-992-6708 -- 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/ --
