Jones Beach West End; 25 October Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo, and I (Sy Schiff) started at the bar in front of the marina. Among the 800-1,000 shorebirds, were an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 2 MARBLED GODWIT, a WILLET and a ROYAL TERN hidden among the resting gulls. FORSTER'S TERNS continue fishing in the inlet.
The N wind started mild, picking up and moving to the NW as the morning progressed. With the winds came a modest hawk flight; 2 dozen SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, a dozen MERLIN, OSPREY, COOPER'S HAWK and a KESTREL. Land birds included .8 species of sparrows with WHITE-CROWN and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, INDIGO BUNTING, PHOEBE, both KINGLETS and HERMIT THRUSH. Joe and I stopped off at the Pt. Lookout "rock pile" on the way home. There, we added EASTERN WOOD PEWEE and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. There was a modest SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and MERLIN flight there also. Sy. -- 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/ --
