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Thursday, May 7, 2009

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After seeing the new spring arrivals in the backyard (see my "Backyard Birding News" post earlier today), I decided to visit one of the sites that I am covering for the IWASH (which stands for Improving Wetland Accessibility for Shorebirds and Horseshoe crabs.) research. Today, I went to Big Egg Marsh, in Jamaica Bay Queens. I got there late...around 12:15 PM and birded for an hour or so. In that time, I picked up Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Willets, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Savannah Sparrow, Glossy Ibis, Brandt, Laughing Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Red winged Blackbird and a Wilson's Snipe, which was the highlight. With the obvious movement of birds coming in, it bodes well for the Big Birding Event that will be taking place this weekend.

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