I have been touting South-southwest storms for years, and they didn't disappoint today. I got out very early and hit all the water spots first, knowing if the rain stopped things might pull out. Great birds were in many locations. I birded Kiamesha Lake, Morningside Park, Neversink Reservoir and Swan Lake. Later I finished up with warblers at the Bashakill. Each had its own nice assortment of birds. I called a few of my birding friends and they got out in spite of the weather and we all made out very well. Here is a list of the highlights by location.
Kiamesha Lake: Red-necked Grebe Mourningside Park: BLACK TERN (1), Gadwall, Double-crested Cormorants Neversink Reservoir: Ring-billed Gulls (75-80), BONAPARTE'S GULL (7), BLACK TERN (1), Double-crested Cormorants, Bufflehead Swan Lake: Ruddy Duck, Bufflehead, Pied-billed Grebe, BONAPARTE'S GULL (1) Bashakill: BLACK TERN (1), 16 species of warbler highlighted by TENNESSEE, Nashville, CERULEAN and WORMEATING (the later two seen by Scott Baldinger) this brings to 23 the number of species of warblers seen in the last few days. Once I warm up and it hopefully stops raining, I'm heading back out. John Haas -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --