If you’re interested in a comparison to Jones Beach West End, Shai, there’s actually been an uptick in migrating finches the last two days. The American Goldfinch count was around 400 each day, and there’s been single digits of Purple Finch and Pine Siskin. Still a few dozen Red-winged Blackbirds and Cedar Waxwings (most of them Sunday). A few Pipits here, too. But not so good on the sexy finches. I was hoping to get Redpolls to replace the dwindling supply of Red Crossbills. No luck. It could be that the two Crossbills yesterday will be that last I see for the season. I’m not really moved to go out for essentially Goldfinches only. At least those last two Crossbills were maybe the best. Unlike the rest over the last couple of weeks, these stayed for nearly an hour and delighted a few folks with cameras,
Steve Walter Bayside From: Steve Walter [mailto:stevewalt...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2020 10:26 PM To: Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net> Subject: Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Diverse Late Season Morning Flight/Seawatch ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu <mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > Date: Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 11:38 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Diverse Late Season Morning Flight/Seawatch To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu <mailto:NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> ) <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu <mailto:NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> > As nocturnal landbird migration has faded to near zero, I've been finding it more difficult to make an early start. This morning I reached Robert Moses SP, Suffolk County, LI at 08:30 without a clear expectation of what the light wnw winds might bring: on the one hand the possibility of a rare irruptive species, such as Bohemian Waxwing or even Pine Grosbeak; on the other, waterbirds moving in response to freezing temperatures. What I found was a very interesting mix. A few American Pipits are still moving and were joined by the first big flocks (>100) of Horned Larks and and Snow Buntings I've seen so far this season. Among Fringillids, I saw just one flock of American Goldfinches, and single American Robin and Downy Woodpecker were calling from the puckerbrush, as if bewildered at their new haunts. But the ocean side was even more lively. Some freshwater ducks on the move included a flock of nine Northern Shoveler (a very tough bird at RMSP proper, from the competitive patch listing point of view), but the highlights were the smaller gulls, moving from east to west in very good numbers: 13 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 940 Bonaparte's Gulls, seven tardy Laughing Gulls, and 160 Ring-billed Gulls. None of these seemed to be lingering to feed in this area, but it might be worth checking places like Jones Inlet. https://ebird.org/checklist/S77187476 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/ -- -- 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/ --
