Jones Beach Strip; 24 March Overcast, blustery day. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the the Joes beach strip out to Captree Island. Starting at the Coast Guard Station, the bar contained a pair of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and 7 PIPING PLOVER. Approx. 300 DUNLIN were flying about and landed on the far side of the inlet. Single BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES were seen here and a various stops all the way out to Captree SP and Captree Island. There we found a GREAT EGRET in the marsh.
At Oak Beach, we missed the grebes, but found lots of LONG-TAILED DUCKS everywhere and both Loons. A GREAT CORMORANT was seen on the rocks in the far distance. Small birds were virtually absent in the blowing wind. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
