This afternoon, for the 3rd day in a row, I traveled Dune Road, from Shinnicock Inlet to the Post Lane Bridge. Great Blue Herons were up, from 1 to 2, but the species of the trip was Boat-tailed Grackle. First seen as they were preening, the small flock of 9 was made up by both males & females, with at least 2 of the males vocalizing....may I always get a kick out of seeing a "FOS" bird ! I imagine there are multiple reasons for an increase of 24 birds in the RWBL count ?
Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
