Sunday, July 26, 2015

Jones Beach West End

I went looking for the Red Phalarope this morning starting around sunrise - I checked each of the west end ponds but did not see it - a lot of them have grown over and Canada Geese and Robins have moved in - still other shorebirds were present: Semi-Palmated Sandpipers/ Plovers, Killdeer, LeastSandpipers and a few Sanderlings. As of now, my posting from Friday was the last report of the Red Phalarope - hopefully she's OK and went back home on the open ocean.  When leaving, saw a Horned Lark on the dunes.

I also checked the area by the Coast Guard Station but was not there either - what I did find instead were a lot of shorebirds on the sandbar -Semi-Palmated Sandpipers/ Plovers, Least Sandpipers, Sanderlings (some in beautiful plumage), Piping Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Short Billed Dowitchers, Ruddy Turnstone and at least 3 Red Knots. Number of all shorebirds on the sandbar were in the hundreds - 1000 is a good estimate. (I left around 7:30am.)

Common Yellowthroat - female
Least Sandpiper
Canada Geese
Horned Lark


I went looking for the Red Phalarope this morning starting around sunrise -
I checked each of the west end ponds but did not see it - a lot of them
have grown over and Canada Geese and Robins have moved in - still other
shorebirds were present: Semi-Palmated Sandpipers/ Plovers, Killdeer, Least
Sandpipers and a few Sanderlings. When leaving, saw a Horned Lark on the
dunes.

I also checked the area by the Coast Guard Station but was not there either
- what I did find instead were a lot of shorebirds on the sandbar -
Semi-Palmated Sandpipers/ Plovers, Least Sandpipers, Sanderlings (some in
beautiful plumage), Piping Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Short Billed
Dowitchers and at least 3 Red Knots. Number of all shorebirds on the
sandbar were in the hundreds - 1000 is a good estimate. (I left around
7:30am.) - See more at: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=963004&MLID=NY01&MLNM=New%20York#sthash.d779x81R.dpuf
I went looking for the Red Phalarope this morning starting around sunrise -
I checked each of the west end ponds but did not see it - a lot of them
have grown over and Canada Geese and Robins have moved in - still other
shorebirds were present: Semi-Palmated Sandpipers/ Plovers, Killdeer, Least
Sandpipers and a few Sanderlings. When leaving, saw a Horned Lark on the
dunes.

I also checked the area by the Coast Guard Station but was not there either
- what I did find instead were a lot of shorebirds on the sandbar -
Semi-Palmated Sandpipers/ Plovers, Least Sandpipers, Sanderlings (some in
beautiful plumage), Piping Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Short Billed
Dowitchers and at least 3 Red Knots. Number of all shorebirds on the
sandbar were in the hundreds - 1000 is a good estimate. (I left around
7:30am.) - See more at: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=963004&MLID=NY01&MLNM=New%20York#sthash.d779x81R.dpuf
I went looking for the Red Phalarope this morning starting around sunrise -
I checked each of the west end ponds but did not see it - a lot of them
have grown over and Canada Geese and Robins have moved in - still other
shorebirds were present: Semi-Palmated Sandpipers/ Plovers, Killdeer, Least
Sandpipers and a few Sanderlings. When leaving, saw a Horned Lark on the
dunes.

I also checked the area by the Coast Guard Station but was not there either
- what I did find instead were a lot of shorebirds on the sandbar -
Semi-Palmated Sandpipers/ Plovers, Least Sandpipers, Sanderlings (some in
beautiful plumage), Piping Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Short Billed
Dowitchers and at least 3 Red Knots. Number of all shorebirds on the
sandbar were in the hundreds - 1000 is a good estimate. (I left around
7:30am.) - See more at: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=963004&MLID=NY01&MLNM=New%20York#sthash.d779x81R.dpuf

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