Why not? I can't let go. Because summer can't let go. And that's the brand of birding that goes best with summer. Upon arriving on the East Pond, there were a Lesser and a Greater Yellowlegs in the southeast corner. As I made my way toward the Sandy created cove, a Ruddy Turnstone flew out of there. As I walked northward toward the raunt, a flock of about 25 Dunlin flew toward the south end. At the raunt, I sat on the log along the shore, waiting for flight shot opportunities of various things. While there, a flock of 14 Pectoral Sandpipers flew in and landed about 50 feet away. I tried to do some flock shots, trying to get as many in one frame as I could. That was very brief, as a Peregrine came along (it can't let go either (figuratively - it didn't catch any)). When I got home and looked at the pictures that I did get, they revealed that one was actually a juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper. That's as far north on the pond as I went. It is October 22, so let's not overdo it.
But with the weather so nice, I went out to the not so productive West Pond, where at least I added a Killdeer. Trying to soak in more of the weather gave me reason to look for Nelson's Sparrows in the South Marsh. While that was not successful, it did put me underneath a small flock of flyover Black-bellied Plovers and Red Knots. Throw in a Woodcock flying through the parking lot at the start of last evening's mothing, 10 species of shorebird for the weekend. I did worse in August on at least one weekend. Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
