Hi, I birded by kayak yesterday along Little Egg marsh and the Ruffle bar in Jamaica Bay. The highlight was 2 Marbled Godwits feeding very efficiently on the East tip of the Ruffle bar mudflats at low tide (pictures in the ebird list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32560259). They were exactly at the same spot than 2 of the 3 Godwits I got during my last visit on October 16. I've seen this species in this area since September 17.
Other birds seen during the day included over 1550 Dunlins (mainly on Little Egg marsh mudflats), 4 Red knots, 6 Sanderlings, 164 Black bellied plovers, 21 Oystercatchers, 182 Black ducks, over 5000 Brants and 72 Red-breasted Mergansers. Matthieu -- 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/ --
