Another successful barrier beach run this evening: I started out at Gilgo Beach and worked my way east. I did not see the previously reported Gull-billed Tern. I ran into Bob Anderson who had the bird around the same time that Pat had reported it. The Blue Grosbeak was not in the area that I had previously located it.
A nice surprise was a fos *RED-EYED VIREO*. The bird was gleaning and hawking within the shrubs along the south side of the east roadway. It was located just past the "No Parking" sign. Also present were the same groups of INDIGO BUNTINGS, roughly 10 individuals, this time all male. A drive by at Oak Beach turned up a single female INDIGO BUNTING. The highlight of my evening was a male *ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK* at Robert Moses State Park. It was a 1st-year individual almost fully transitioned into its adult plumage. It was foraging on the ground with 3 American Robins roughly 200 yards west of the entrance to Field #4. Other than that, the rest of the park seemed quiet. Some decent iPhone digiscope images of the Rose-breasted can be seen at my Flickr site. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville http://www.flickr.com/photos/39025168@N07/ -- 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/ --
