Wednesday morning I took a walk from the WE2 parking lot west to the jetty, then north along Jones Inlet. Good numbers of Common Eider were present (about 110 birds), while on the tip of the jetty there were ten Purple Sandpipers and a Ruddy Turnstone. The Point Lookout side of the inlet had five Laughing Gulls with the numerous Ring-billed Gulls. I observed only about fifteen Bonaparte's Gulls. Good numbers of American Oystercatchers (approx. 32 birds) can still be seen feeding on the mudflats south of Meadow Island in Jones Inlet. Good numbers of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings were flying back and forth in the dunes east of the inlet. Otherwise, passerine numbers were low.
Related Reports: Late Tuesday morning the Cackling Goose was present at Sunken Meadow State Park with about forty Canada Geese. Ken Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
