At 2:30 this afternoon, a White-winged Dove flew past me as I walked northward from Field 2 of Jones Beach-West End along the western exit road. It was about 3 feet above ground, came past about 15-20 feet from me, and continued eastward about 100 feet before disappearing from view around the shrubs and pines that border the parking field. The white crescent across the middle of each wing was conspicuous. I also noted the blunt tail with white outer tips, and reddish brown tinge in the upper tail coverts and tail feathers. I could not find the bird when I searched for it afterward, but I cannot rule out the possibility that it flew into the pines and stayed out of view.
Four Gull-billed Terns were among the terns on the sand bar near the Coast-Guard station parking lot. Douglas Futuyma Stony Brook, 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/ --
