Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside and Hempstead Lake SP.21 April Arrived at Area after lunch. The reported BLUE-WINGED TEALS were resting in a cut, the male periodically lifting its head up so it could be IDed. Meantime, the TRICOLORED HERON was flying about. FORSTER'S TERNS were fishing in the pond and there were a number of LAUGHING GULLS were flying over. The FOS for the site was a SEASIDE SPARROW along the pond edge by the first bridge.
Singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH this morning at Hempstead while CHIMNEY SWIFTS joined the high flying TREE SWALLOWS. Sy Schiff -- 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/ --
