Jones Beach and Pt. Lookout Joe Giunta, Cathy Drake and I (Sy Schiff) found the morning cold without wind. Jones Inlet was a sheet of glass. In the cove to our right from the end of the marina boardwalk, we found 2 COMMON GOLDENEYE and a PIED-BILLED GREBE, the latter totally unexpected. Walking down the fisherman's road to the inlet we found a single TREE SPARROW among a few YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. There were a number of SEALS in the inlet along with both loons and LONG-TAILED DUCKS.
There were a few HORNED LARKS on the West end #2 parking lot and a SNOW BUNTING flock toward the Nature Center. A PEREGRINE FALCON preened atop a "Keep off the Dunes" sign in front of the Nature Center. Nothing of interest at fields #6 and #10. A large flock of gulls on the Pt. Lookout parking lot included a 2nd cycle GLAUCOUS GULL. (It was not among the gulls when we returned from the beach). To the west of the west jetty were 2 female HARLEQUIN and a single COMMON EIDER between the jetties. 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/ --
