On our way home from JBWR we stopped at West End 2 about 1:00PM to see what shorebirds may be present. At the WE2 Marina there were boaters on the sandbar with a dog, besides about forty Oystercatchers there was not much to see. At the swale south of the pavilion we observed approx. 600 Semipalmated Plovers, with smaller numbers of Piping Plover (10), Semipalmated Sandpiper (50), Ruddy Turnstone (4), Sanderling (10), Black-bellied Plover (5), and Short-billed Dowitcher (1). As would be expected given the lack of rainfall and coastal storms, the swale was bone dry. However, we are well within the arrival dates for Baird's Sandpiper and they should be looked for in the grassy areas of the swale.
Ken Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
