Jones Beach West End 17 Aug Arrived at the Coast Guard Station arriving about 8:30. A Peregrine Falcon promptly flew by and about 2-300 small shorebirds promptly scattered and flew off. None of the larger shorebirds moved. About 9:00, one of the half dozen or so birders noticed the MARBLED GODWIT among the large group of remaining AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and WILLET. It had been sleeping, bill tucked in, and obscured by the mass of birds. As I scoped, it picked up its head, showed its bill and stretched its wings showing no upper wing stripe and lovely rusty under wing coverts. It promptly went back to sleep and all but disappeared into the mass of birds.
As previously reported, the swale is a lake. I went over to see if the missing shorebirds went there. No such luck. I returned to the Coast Guard Station, scanned the bar and found TWO MARBLED GODWIT. Sy Schiff -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
