Arrived at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay at 12:45pm. There were lots of birders leaving the East Pond as I went in and several told me that the Baird's had flown and hadn't been seen in a while. Pushing on (I'm stubborn) I worked my way North along the East shore of the pond checking all the peeps. Luck was on my side today and within a half hour I got a call from Andrew Baksh saying that he'd relocated the bird at the North End near the island. Sure enough, 10 minutes later I caught up with Andrew and the Baird's (NYS 2012# 336).
Baird's Sandpiper in Urban Setting (2 shots) |
We also had a curious and perplexing dowitcher. Everything about it looked Short-billed but it called frequently and every call was a Long-billed call ("Keep" or "pip-pip-pip"). I don't like Dowitchers ...
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