I went to Heckscher SP (Suffolk) from 11:30 AM to about 1PM today. It rained steadily but it was 64 degrees. There was a nice variety of shorebirds providing very close views. The highlights were 3 American Golden Plovers and a very nondescript Long-billed Dowitcher that I initially could not pin down to species. Later, Ken Thompson and Mike Cooper showed up and also couldn’t provide a positive ID on a very wet bird. Finally, the bird picked up and Mike was able to hear and make an audible identification. Thanks Mike!! Also present were roughly 40+ Dunlin, 1 Semipalmated Plover, and many Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, and Black-bellied Plovers. A female Pintail was also in the main pool. I posted a few lousy photos to the eBird checklist of the Golden Plover and Dunlin. I tried to post a decent video of the dowitcher, too, but eBird would not accept MP4 format. I tried converting to MP3 but it only took the audio portion. If anyone knows how to convert MP4/upload to ebird, let me know and I’ll post it.
Cheers, Glenn Quinn Hauppauge, 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
