Hi everyone, The West End had strong numbers of the typical migrant shorebird species this afternoon. The Coast Guard spit had about 250 American Oystercatchers, 20 Eastern Willets, 50 Red Knot, nearly 100 Ruddy Turnstone, and probably some 300 Short-billed Dowitchers. The beach up to a half mile east of the swale had strong numbers of Black-bellied Plover, another 150 Red Knot, over 3,500 Semipalmated Sandpipers (with a couple of Leasts), and a Spotty. Sanderling numbers were down from last week.
Amongst the loafing gulls in this same beach area were at least 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Offshore there was a steady Common Tern movement, only disrupted by one young gannet, and a distant shearwater whose behavior and proportions suggested Manx. Great day to be out. Brendan Fogarty Cornell University, 2015 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Biological Engineering -- 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/ --
