First, let me apologize for being remiss with directions. Sometimes I forget not everyone knows the area, since I post about it so much. I have been running back and forth a lot, and just post as I get the chance. Thanks to Jim and Michael for providing some good directions. UPDATE: as of 3 pm this afternoon, the fields on Skinner crested, suddenly overflowing the road, making it impassable once again. I have no way of knowing how long this will last, but several of us will be checking on it regularly. Hopefully the RED PHALAROPE will hang in there. I will let you know the status tomorrow. This afternoon Rob Stone called shortly after I got home, informing me a mass of shorebirds were on Turtle Bay Road. They included a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. I went back down, only to find that a Peregrine Falcon had flushed hundreds of shorebirds and the phalarope was not seen afterward. It may still be there as it is a big area. When I went back to the phalarope spot, there were literally hundreds of WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. A huge flock flew in, joining at least a hundred there and it was masses of white-rumps. Also seen here were:
American Golden Plover - 20 Semipalmated Plover - 10 Least Sandpiper - a few Semipalmated Sandpiper - 30 Pectoral Sandpiper - 20+ Killdeer - 50+ Baird's Sandpiper - 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE - 3 RARE INLAND thanks Rob! Sanderling - 6 Greater Yellowlegs - 15 Lesser Yellowlegs -20 The show stealer's for some were Peregrine Falcons. One bird harassed the shorebirds regularly and then a short time before I left, a second bird joined the first and they put on quite a acrobatic performance. As I write this, I just got further work from Andrew Baksh that Skinner Road is now impassible. Sorry to those who made the trip. I will let you know about any changes. 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/ --
