An amazing assemblage of shorebirds were present on Skinner Lane in Orange County this morning the most notable of which was the continuing RED PHALAROPE. At least a dozen birders viewed the bird during the hour and half I was present this morning. I had a total of sixteen species this morning, fourteen of which were on Skinner. Highlights included
American Golden Plover - 20 Pectoral Sandpiper - 31 White-rumped Sandpiper - 4 Semipalmated Plover - 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper -35 Least Sandpiper - 15 Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher - 4 Wilson's Snipe - 6 Sanderlings - 3 Killdeer - to many to count Farther out in the fields, a Kestrel, Merlin and Harrier flushed large mixed species flocks of shorebirds that may have contained anything. I have added one more pic to my blog, hopefully a better one of the phalarope as well as a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER which I found this morning at Apollo Plaza in Monticello. Great Birding! John Haas -- 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/ --
