Jones Beach; Point Lookout 2 November I met Joe Giunta at Jones Beach after voting this morning. (You did vote, didn't you). Lots of birds inc, PURPLE FINCHES and PINE SISKINS, some of which dropped in.
We could not locate the Shrike at the Nature Center, At Point Lookout, we birded the rock pile where we again encountered lots of birds including a very bright winter "Eastern" PALM WARBLER. On the ocean rounding the west jetty going west, were 18 COMMON EIDERS followed by an adult male. As we walked east, we saw 15 terns flying into the inlet including 2 that may have appeared large. Those we could identify were FORSTER'S TERNS. It was low tide and the usual gulls were resting on the exposed bar in the inlet including a pair of ROYAL TERNS (the large pair we saw earlier?). Good Birding, Sy Schiff -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
