Leader Tom Stepehson
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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, August 20, 2023
Subject: Instructions for Aug 20th Jamaica Bay Refuge return of the shorebirds,
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Hi Peter,
Thanks again for your scouting yesterday.
In spite of the very limited access to the East Pond, we had a fun time with a great group.
The West Pond was very birdy, with a good number of passerines and some shorebirds, including one of the day's highlights:
three Baird's Sandpipers.
There we also had Black Skimmer, Great Crested and Willow Flycatchers, some flying Purple Martins, Gull-billed Tern, Little Blue Heron, and more.
We then went over to the East Pond and found the Red-necked Phalarope that had been seen by others earlier, plus a White-rumped Sandpiper. But there wasn't much in the way of open mudflats, and thus not many other shorebirds.
Here's the list. Forrest has the definitive list that has 5 more species (I missed them so I'm not sure what they were...) for a total of 69 species.https://ebird.org/checklist/S147725025
Best regards,
Tom
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Boat-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
