I made it down to the Fire Island hawkwatch within a half hour after Bobby Kurtz's call, but the bird had moved west and out of sight by the time I arrived. I checked likely-looking patches of Panicum amarum (aka Blue Grosbeak candy) all the way to Field 2, but could not find any blackbird flocks feeding. (I did find a bright Dickcissel feeding in Panicum near Field 2).
Heading back over the inlet, I decided to check a few more patches of Panicum at Captree SP. Astonishingly (absurdly?), there was a Yellow-headed Blackbird feeding there with a single molting juv male BH Cowbird, near the southwestern corner of the main (lower) lot. Photos at the end of this album: https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandMiscellany2013# --and also here: https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/PanicumAmarumOnLongIsland Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ PS: Are you attending the CSI Breast Cancer Walkathon on Dolphin Day? Register Now><http://goo.gl/dLUDB> -- 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/ --
