Monthly Archives: July 2016

Yesterday’s and last night’s torrential rains not only ended our water drought, at the 11th hour, it ended the worst July for shorebirds I have ever experienced in Sullivan County. This morning I headed out early to Apollo Plaza and … Continue reading →

The summer doldrums have been stifling recently. In spite of north-west winds most nights, migration is stalled here in Sullivan County. Even post breeding dispersal (such as with Great Egrets) has not happened for us. I wanted to get out … Continue reading →

Apollo Plaza continues to be the best spot for shorebirds in the county today. A Greater Yellowlegs, 6 Killdeer, 3 Spotted Sandpipers and 9 Least Sandpipers have been present over the last two days. A quick kayaking of Morningside Park … Continue reading →

This afternoon I stopped by Haven Road while waiting to pick up our dinner. There has been little happening here lately with the high temps and humidity. Today however, it was rather active. Three Great Blue Herons were foraging along … Continue reading →

As well as the Killdeer and the Least Sandpipers, we had our FOS GREATER YELLOWLEGS present this morning. Hopefully there are more good shorebirds to come.

On this rather late date, I finally found two LEAST SANDPIPERS at the Apollo Plaza. These are the first fall shorebirds that I have seen here, and I have heard of no other reports. Hopefully this will be the start … Continue reading →

Lance Verderame and I spent the day on Long Island, birding the above locations. We had a good day and got some new year birds for each of us. At Jamaica Bay, we had 10 species of shorebirds. The highlight … Continue reading →

As I had some more time to go through my hundreds of photos from Tuesdays trip to Cupsogue, I found a couple of more photos of the Western Sandpiper that I thought were a little better, so I’m posting them … Continue reading →

While at Cupsogue County Park on Long Island yesterday, I spotted a Semipalmated Sandpiper with a band. The band was green with code H4Y on it. I submitted it today and found that the bird was banded in Heislerville WMA … Continue reading →

This morning, Karen Miller and I headed out to Cupsogue County Park early. We arrived at 8 am at low tide. We birded the flats there for four and a half hours. We were hoping for some good terns, but … Continue reading →