With even more rain falling overnight and into the morning, I headed back out to the black dirt to try for shorebirds again. I was really feeling like there might be an exciting bird out there today, but, alas, it wasn’t to be. I did enjoy observing the same 5 shorebird species (Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, and Lesser Yellowlegs), and I had some decent photo ops with a small flock of Least Sandpipers that flew in and landed not too far from my car.
Later in morning I went to the Newburgh Waterfront to see if anything good was going on there, or if I could at least finally catch up with the Neotropic Cormorant. Unfortunately it was mostly uneventful, but I did manage to see my first Orange County Great Egret of the year.
Hi Matt, The Black Dirt area by me has been very flooded lately…I came upon 5 Great Egrets way out in the fields on the West side of Round Hill Rd. in Florida, NY yesterday. They were on the edge of the Corn and by Red and Green Lettuces. While on higher ground, workers were trying to harvest some of the lettuces. I guess Quaker Creek really overflowed its banks Big Time. Meanwhile, today… the Swallows and Dragonflies were skimming the surface of a totally underwater field of micro greens on Jessup Switch Rd. The Ag area is suffering a devastating blow…..
Yeah Patty, I was talking with one of the sod farmers on Saturday morning and it’s hard for everyone in the area right now. Hopefully today was the last of it for a while. Fingers crossed. Matt