I scanned the ocean and bay this evening from 6:45 till 8pm. The winds were not ideal for shearwaters, but shorebirds were moving east to west offshore. Highlights included;
1 Shearwater sp. 32 Semipalmated Plover 3 Ruddy Turnstone 27 Red Knot (single flock) 32 Sanderling 75 small shorebird sp. 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls among the hundreds of large gulls present. 167 Common Tern Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, 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/ --