Jones Beach West End 14 Aug Joe Giunta, Joe Viglietta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the flats (no water at all) between the Nature Center and West End #2 lot. There were about 500 shorebirds on the three adjacent fields with little diversity; 300 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 100 LEAST SANDPIPER, 100 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 2 KILLDEER and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER. As an added attraction in the dunes, 1 HOG-NOSED SNAKE.
The sandbars at the marina added 1 PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. It's a start, 10 species of shorebirds. -- 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/ --
