A lot less birds than in the past week or so indicate many shorebirds pulled out. For example, fewer Western Sandpipers, although the numbers remain high by East Pond standards.
White-rumped Sandpipers continue in very good numbers but Stilt Sandpipers, are harder to find with the occasional 1 or 2 tucked in on the pond in some corner. The two very confiding Buff-breasted Sandpipers, that showed up on the East Pond early last week, departed and have not been seen since the weekend. One Hudsonian Godwit continues along with a Marbled Godwit. An American Golden Plover, yesterday on the pond added to the nice diversity of shorebirds totaling *21 SPECIES* despite the low numbers. Cheers, 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
