Friday, August 16, 2013

Semipalmated Sandpiper Prospect Records

Yesterday sighting by Rob Bate's BBC group of SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER represents a very rare sighting. It only the 8th observation for this species in Prospect Park. Last rec before was July 22nd, 2007

here below are the other past dates ( last column) with number seen before the total # individuals

Semipalmated Sandpiper  18    7/22/07
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2     5/17/67
Semipalmated Sandpiper  9     9/16/65
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1     8/11/53
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1     5/27/51
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1     5/6/46
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1     9/9/44

Semipalmated Sandpiper  1     5/18/36