This afternoon from ~ 3 to 4 PM, a changing group of ~ 9 birders/photographers were treated to the antics of a very active flock of 40-50 redpolls. Feeding, much of the time out of sight in the swale, while at times up on bushes & fragmities on both sides of Dune Rd., from Tiana Beach, east to the 12th pole past that location. Many of the group (not me) got some good shots !
After entering Dune Rd. by way of the Beach La. Bridge, it wasn't long before coming upon Richard Haimes & John ? (South Shore AS) , who told me of the approx. 30 redpolls they had seen & photographed at Tiana a short while before. I found 3 birders (unknown to me) at the site, who had seen the flock before it took flight over the bay. As I walked a bit to the east, the birds appeared again, landing & taking off a number of times, before heading east out of sight. The birds were relocated by other birders (including Bob Gunning) down by poles 10-12, an area we came upon a short time later. I had a couple of firsts today - the redpolls were my FOS, while my earlier post was the very first generated by cell-phone...although, it took about 40 minutes to figure it out ! Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
