The bird showed nicely from when I re-found it around 1:15 to when I left at 2:45. Thanks Annie, Sue, and Ken!
I recommend bringing a scope and standing back by the line of locust trees mentioned in Ken's post. Scan the brush-hogged stubble and wooden posts to the west. The bird stays low and moves around actively, over a fairly wide area, which is nevertheless almost completely visible from the locust trees. If people enter the fields to get closer views, their views are unlikely to remain close for very long; more importantly, the bird's ability to move around as it pleases would be restricted, and it might decide to move on. I've posted some photos at the end of this album: https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandFall2011 Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ From: bounce-38118688-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-38118688-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of ken feustel [feus...@optonline.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 1:14 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Say's Phoebe at Caumsett State Park (Suffolk Co.) Annie McIntyre and Sue Feustel discovered a Say's Phoebe late this morning in the west fields of Caumsett State Park on Lloyd Neck. The fields are to the west of the park entrance road and parking area/toll booth. If you go you can consult the map in the kiosk just path the toll booth. However, if you just walk in a northwest direction from the parking lot you will crest a hill and see the fields just beyond a few tall Locust trees. Cell phone service is erratic at CSP - you may not be able to call anyone from a given location. Good luck if you go (I am stuck waiting for a LIPA representative to service our burner). Ken Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- ________________________________ Change is in the Air - Smoking in Designated Areas Only in effect.<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/tobaccofree> Tobacco-Free Campus as of July 1, 2012. -- 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/ --