I spent time on the beach in the eastern Rockaways this weekend each morning early. Species diversity wasn't great, but the following were the highlights:
1 young Least Tern on Saturday 2 Gull-billed Terns on Sunday 5 Black Scoter on Saturday and Sunday, just 1 today 1 Piping Plover on Saturday and Sunday large numbers of Sanderling and Semipalmated Plover each day Most interestingly is that what I initially thought was just a large roost of Black Skimmers on the beach on Saturday (about 400 birds) actually turned out to be a still active colony, with some completely downy young still in the "nest." Seems awful late for such young birds to have a chance to make it. Good Birding, Corey Finger -- 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/ --
