Weekend Wrap-up, 7/26/15

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~A Great Blue Heron at Clark Pond, New Windsor NY 7/25/15.~

I got out both Saturday and Sunday mornings, mostly looking for shorebirds. First thing Saturday, thanks to Bruce Nott, I went to a new spot for me – it’s a small pond near Stewart Airport that is now a mud flat. Shorebirds present included Killdeer, Least Sandpipers, and a single Lesser Yellowlegs. There were many Great Blue Herons and a couple of Green Herons also present. It looks like a spot with some good potential, so I will keep checking back. Next I went to Lake Washington where I struck out with shorebirds – a quick stop yielded only a Great Blue Heron and a Green Heron. Bruce saw a Great Egret and a Black-crowned Night-Heron out there earlier in the week. My final stop was a total bust – I wanted to check the mud flats on the Hudson River just north of Cornwall-On-Hudson. The problem is that there is no real good spot to view that area, and there are “No Parking” signs everywhere. I eventually got frustrated with the situation and bailed on it.

Sunday morning I went back to the usual – I walked the Liberty Loop. It was a birdy morning where I had over 40 species. Shorebirds in the back pond remained basically the same as my last shorebird report, with the addition of a second Pectoral Sandpiper, and my first 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS of the season. Waders were numerous, particularly Great Egrets (8), and Great Blue Herons (12). I also saw several Green Herons and managed a distant photo of one.

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~Great Egret in flight at the Liberty Loop, 7/26/15. This crop doesn’t show very well on the blog – click on the photo to have a better look.~
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~Least Sandpiper in the back pond of the Liberty Loop, 7/26/15.~
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~Great Blue Heron in flight at Clark Pond in New Windsor, NY 7/25/15.~
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~I’m trying to mix it up with all the Lesser Yellowlegs photos – half submerged LEYE at the Liberty Loop, 7/26/15.~
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~Green Heron in the ditch alongside the back pond at the Liberty Loop, 7/26/15.~
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~An unidentified flycatcher on the west side of the Liberty Loop, 7/26/15.~

4 thoughts on “Weekend Wrap-up, 7/26/15”

  1. Nice shots, Matt

    I don’t feel quite so bad now. I get all the flycatchers mixed up and keep wondering how it is others get them.

    Wilma

    1. Wilma- I mostly have to rely on hearing their call – this bird was quiet! Thanks, Matt

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