A second calendar-year Sandwich Tern appeared around 11:30 today at Cupsogue and was still present when I left an hour later:
https://flic.kr/p/V2Kkva Another highlight involved my first southbound Short-billed Dowitchers of the season, brightly plumaged adults at Pikes Beach and Cupsogue. Shai Mitra Bay Shore -- 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/ --