This is my first posting to the list, however I have been using it for some time and I appreciate the helpful info on it. I felt inclined to make my first posting after a visiting Sunken Meadow State Park today around 13:00. I took a stroll on the promenade expecting to see some nice waterfowl, which there was but nothing notable. However I did observe an adult northern rough-winged swallow coursing along the beach. The bird made several passes around me and was last seen heading towards the west along the beach. I thought it was unusual to see any swallow at this time of the year, even given the relatively mild winter thus far. I came home and reviewed ebird, which I have never used before, and found that this species has not been reported on long island from Dec.-Feb. There are a handful of reports from the Philly area and one from Conn. Chase CammarotaBabylon, NY --
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/ --
