Female being viewed along with Red-Winged Blackbirds. About 20 yards south of the hawk watch stand.
Patrick F. Palladino On Sep 15, 2013, at 9:13 PM, "Andrew Baksh" <birdingd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Resisting the urge to bird some of my local parks, I instead opted for some > barrier beach birding. > > My first and last stop was at Jones Beach where I birded with Tom Burke and > Gail Benson for most of the morning into the afternoon. The highlights were: > > Adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, seen in the median just after the entrance to > the Coast Guard Station before it disappeared and was never re-found again as > far as I know. > > DICKCISSEL, skillfully picked out in flight by Tom Burke during the early > morning hours when the morning flight was cooking (the bird never put down > although at one point it appeared it might do so). > > COMMON NIGHTHAWK, found by Dave Klauber as he almost stepped on it resting on > the ground in the median. > > CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, found by Tom Burke and Gail Benson, it hung around near > the 1st exit from the West End II parking lot providing a few of us with very > nice looks but then disappeared and was not seen again well into the > afternoon. > > PHILADELPHIA VIREO, one possibly two as Tom Burke and Gail Benson found one > near the same area as the Clay Colored and then Sam Janazzo, with Dave > Klauber might have had another or the same bird in the median across from > where Tom and Gail had theirs. > > As far as warbler activity, one could easily be fooled if you drove the > circle and listened and looked for birds. You had to get out and do a little > "ground and pound" to get the birds but they were there feeding quietly in > the median although NOT in any significant numbers. > > The warbler list includes but not limited to (since others may have seen > additional species), the following. > > Black-throated Green > Black-throated Blue > Magnolia > Northern Parula > Ovenbird (seen by others) > Black and White > American Redstart > Common yellowthroat > Prairie > Cape May > Prairie > Palm (both eastern and western) > Pine > Yellow > Northern Waterthrush (picked out in flight by Tom Burke by its chip note) > > The presence of Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird, Least Flycatcher, Eastern > Wood-Pewee, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson's Thrush among the other regular birds > added to the overall bird activity in the area. > > Sparrow activity was almost non existent save for the CLAY-COLORED, Song and > a few Savannah's, the latter found later in the afternoon. > > As far as flight movement, there was a steady stream of Tree Swallows all > morning with small numbers of Barn Swallows interspersed in the mix. There > were small numbers of song birds in the mix as well but they mostly appeared > to keep on moving and did not put down. > > No apparent movement of hawks detected and no shorebirds on the bar to study > in the midst of all the boat activities near the Coast Guard Station. > > Andrew Baksh > Queens, NY > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
