Jones Beach 29 Aug Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went down to the West End after lunch. Low tide. The bar and surrounding beaches were covered with boaters and beach goers. We went over to the ponds between the two parking lots. They are now completely dried out. A week ago there was some wetness and 1,000+ shorebirds. Today we managed a grand total throughout of 5; one unidentified flying off, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS (expected) and surprisingly, 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS. The shorebirds wee feeding in same species pairs.
Hope the Shorebird Festival at Jamaica Bay has better luck. Sy -- 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/ --
