Thanks to a call from Ken Feustel at 11:40, I headed east from errands in western Suffolk and found a small party of birders enjoying superb views of the Curlew Sandpiper at Pikes Beach at 12:25. Andrew Baksh and I baby-sat the bird until Patricia Lindsay and Joan Quinlan arrived at 2:52. In between, it moved around very actively, spending most of its time on the bar directly north of the platform cited below, but also flying east to bathe and preen on the "Little Spit" (famous for a couple of Wilson's Plovers and a Red-necked Stint that favored it in years past), and even overflew the "Big Spit" slightly further east, fortunately returning each time. It remained on the main bar, north of the overlook, when we retired for lobster rolls and margaritas at 3:30.
Note that today the bird remained at Pikes at tides equivalent to those when it was seen on the Cupsogue flats yesterday. Both areas should be checked tomorrow, repeatedly if necessary. Shai Mitra, Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Eileen Schwinn [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 11:37 AM To: NY Rare birds Subject: [nysbirds-l] Yes- Curlew Sandpiper- Yes Currently being seen from Wearhampton Dunes Overlook, western sandbar, between WHDunes Island and Pikes. Eileen Schwinn Mile Higgiston Sent from my iPhone ________________________________ Change is in the Air - Smoking in Designated Areas Only in effect.<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/tobaccofree> Tobacco-Free Campus as of July 1, 2012. -- 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/ --
