Hi all, Francisco Rodriguez saw and photographed a Mountain Bluebird on Cedar Beach (Suffolk County) by the overlook today. He posted as a drab Eastern Bluebird on Twitter (X) and based on his photo I identified the bird as a rufous-type Mountain Bluebird. He will add many photos to eBird soon.
40.635118,-73.333543 Good luck, Hector. Hector Cordero Biologist, Birding Guide and Conservation Photographer www.corderonature.com -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --