I witnessed a nice movement of land birds from the hawk watch at Robert Moses State Park today in a light northerly wind. I began at 6:40 AM and ended at 7:20 AM. Numbers are below.
*1 White-winged Crossbill-* Adult female, circled platform, calling, before landing in nearby pine. Gave excellent views the entire time. 56 Pine Siskins 177 American Goldfinches 4 Horned Larks 1 Eastern Meadowlark 35 American Robin 32 Red-winged Blackbird On my way home I checked the exposed flats off of the Oak Beach parking lot west of Captree. There were large concentrations of shorebirds including about 250 Dunlin, 100 Sanderlings, and 15 Black-bellied Plovers. A flock of 37 Bonaparte's Gulls was also present, but failed to yield anything of interest. Brent Bomkamp Northport, NY -- 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/ --
