Joe Giunta & I (Sy Schiff) reacted to a call and returned to Heckscher after yesterday’s visit arriving about !:30. The HUDSONIAN GODWIT was in the puddle with a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and DUNLIN in a neat grouping. And they immediately flew off. The Godwit circled and landed close to where we were parked. And then it flew off towards Field #6. Almost all the remaining shorebirds flew off with it. Staying, were a few Greater Yellowlegs, Dunlin and a pair of SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. The latter were carefully checked for Western Sandpiper, more common at this late date.
At Field #6, there were both GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and KILLDEER. Ducks included MALLARD, BLACK, female PINTAIL, GREEN AND BLUE-WINGED TEAL. We returned to Field #7 on the way home and the Godwit had again returned. Patience required. Sy Sent from Mail for Windows 10 -- 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/ --
