Here's a color photo - https://flic.kr/p/xopRRk > On Sep 7, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Michael Yuan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Putting the word out for anyone going to Jamaica Bay today. Yesterday around > 3:45pm, the Brooklyn Bird Club and I observed a medium-sized shorebird > feeding on the North end of the East Pond, about 100 yards south of Dead > Man's Cove. > > From across the pond, and looking into less than ideal light, we observed it > feeding with Stilt Sandpipers and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Noticed its long > drooping bill, longer than White-rumped Sandpiper or Baird's Sandpiper, which > got us thinking Dunlin, but its long wings and tapered rear end led us away > from that notion and Western Sandpiper. Overall pale gray, with dark legs. > > Curlew Sandpiper fits some of these marks. > > Video at full speed. Bird in question is on the right. There's a > slow-motion version of this video on the NY Birders Facebook page that might > offer better detail. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuzoMyMdivk > > Highly cropped and unfortunately black&white digiscoped photo (thanks Steve > Jobs!) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/88884477@N00/21032630680/ > > Sorry for the tardiness of the post, but due to the distance and viewing > conditions it was difficult to get a sense of the bird until I had a chance > to review the pics and video today. Good luck if you go! > > Mike Yuan > Brooklyn, NY >
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