I should note that the recent heavy rains broke up some of the Algae on the pond and it was nice to see various openings in the mat.
Yesterday, there were over 2 thousand shorebirds on the East Pond with the dominant species being Semipalmated Sandpipers. In total 14 species of shorebirds were documented: Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover PIPING PLOVER Killdeer AMERICAN AVOCET Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher I returned to the pond today to get a feel for the turn over that has been occurring on the pond. The numbers were lower but the turnover was not as drastic as I have seen in the past week. Nevertheless, I only observed 10 species of shorebirds today with no sign of Stilt Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Killdeer or Piping Plover. The latter not surprising since I consider that bird a rarer occurrence than the American Avocet which was still there today. In non shorebird notables, the adult and juvenile Gull-billed Terns continued but there was no sign of the Black Tern. Green-winged and Blue-winged Teals were observed yesterday and this morning. I saw more people on the pond today than I have seen all season so they may have additional birds to report--perhaps even some of those shorebirds that I could have missed. Good East Pond Birding! -- 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> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") 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/ --
