Danny Melore, Alan Goodman, and I paid a brief visit to Jones Beach West End today from about 11 AM until about 12:30 PM. Highlights were 22 American Pipits feeding in the median and shoulders between the Coast Guard Station and the nature center, the previously-reported Snow Goose mixed in with the Canada Geese, 4 Horned Larks in the grass by the Coast Guard Station, 12 Snow Buntings in the parking lot at West End 2, and a close-in Long-tailed Duck at the Coast Guard Station. A brief visit to the nature center's boardwalk did not turn up the shrike (not surprisingly).
Full eBird list below. Good Birding, Corey Finger http://10000birds.com Location: Jones Beach SP Observation date: 12/17/10 Number of species: 31 Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens 1 Brant - Branta bernicla 200 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 100 American Black Duck - Anas rubripes 20 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 2 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata 1 Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis 3 Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator 8 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 2 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 1 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus 2 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 4 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis X Herring Gull - Larus argentatus X Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus X Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 25 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 2 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 2 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris 4 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 4 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 100 American Pipit - Anthus rubescens 22 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 30 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - Dendroica coronata coronata 30 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 12 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 2 Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis 12 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 4 House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 20 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 2 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 10 -- 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/ --
