Jamaica Bay - 14th Sept

Monday being a school holiday (Jewish New Year) I spent it at Jamaica Bay trying to pin down some migrants that I'd missed. After something of a run-around I finally tracked down a party of 11 Blue-winged Teal. Other migrants included 8 Green-winged Teal, many Gadwall and Northern Shoveler, a confiding Northern Waterthrush, an Empidonax sp. which I narrowed down to Alder or Willow Flycatcher, and a very nice group of 6 Pied-billed Grebes performing outside the hide on the East Pond.

One of 6 Pied-billed Grebes near the hide on the East Pond

Northern Waterthrush at Big John's Pond

Empidonax sp. (Either Willow or Alder Flycatcher)