Monday, August 15, 2022

August 13th Sunday at Jamaica Bay

Leader Tom Stephenson

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:28 AM
Subject: Sunday at Jamaica Bay
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird


Hi Peter,
It was a very beautiful day out on the pond yesterday, with a good number of shorebirds and a nice breeze. The water level is very low, so we really only needed sneakers to get around. The only party-pooper was the Peregrine, who flushed the birds completely out of the northern end when we were just getting to the best area...and once again later moving them back to the northern end..!
But that being said, we still had a good number of species seen well. Highlights included many White-rumped Sandpipers, most very close, Hudsonian (and distant then gone Marbled) Godwits, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull and lots of time to study all of the regulars including one leucistic semipalmated sp.

Here's the list. I'll send some photos to the group later and will cc you for as many as you'd like to use.

And thanks very much to Bobbi for handling all of the reservations, cancellations, rebookings and more rebookings, all while navigating the swamps of our southern frontier.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Rock Dove
Chimney Swift
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird
Fish Crow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Sparrow


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