I have been out here since this AM and have not seen any sign of the
Black-necked Stilts (BNST). That does not mean they are not around since my
focus was more on counting shorebirds instead of searching for the BNSTs.
On a side note, the Cattle Egret continued this AM at Cow Meadow Park.
Cheers,
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others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
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林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
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Andrew Baksh
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> On May 31, 2017, at 2:50 PM, Cindy Goldman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Has anyone seen the black-necked stilts today?
> From: [email protected]
> <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Feustel
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 6:54:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilts at West End, Jones Beach State Park
> (Nassau Co.)
>
> I spent some time this morning looking at shorebirds on a high tide in the
> West End Marina. While walking back to the gazebo from the eastern spit I saw
> Stan (a West End regular - sorry Stan, forgot your last name) talking to Tom
> Burke and Gail Benson, the distant conversation being followed by a
> remarkably quick movement of the participants toward their vehicles. Tom
> stopped to tell me that Stan had just found two Black-necked Stilts (photos
> taken) at the WE2 swale. We arrived at the swale approx. ten minutes after
> Stan’s observation - no Stilts. Present, however was a young Peregrine Falcon
> chasing anything with wings. A search of the ponds east of WE2 (ponds
> flooded) and areas between the dunes with standing water was fruitless. Any
> flooded pond or depression could hold these birds, so be on the lookout.
>
> On a more positive note, and if anyone besides me has not already seen this
> bird, the Yellow-throated Warbler continues at Bayard Cutting Arboretum,
> where he was seen and heard this morning and early this afternoon. My
> afternoon observation consisted of hearing the bird singing the moment I got
> out of the car. The bird was singing from the top of a conifer near the
> active Osprey nest (listen for the racket) on the east side of the main
> entrance road. The bird moved frequently, working his way north along the
> east side of the road toward the toll booth, finally crossing the road to the
> west side.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken Feustel
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