Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 4 Aug. I joined Joe Giunta's 200 Challenge Club walk, the purpose to study shorebirds. The day was hot and humid. Because of the heat, Joe restricted the walk and concentrated on the north end of the East Pond. The 15-20 members all had fine scope views of a total of 16 species of shorebirds including AMERICAN AVOCET, WESTERN, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS, DUNLIN, RED KNOT, both YELLOWLEGS and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER plus the common birds. The group experienced lots of year birds and a few lifers. A great day.
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/ --
