Jones Beach and Pt. Lookout 4 Jan Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went to Jones Beach before noon and stopped by Pt. Lookout on our return. An interesting Winter Birding day. An abbeviated annotated list follows :-- SPECIES SEEN
Common Eider, ~60 in two groups off Pt. Lookout (PL) jetties Harlequin Duck, 6 same Long-tailed Duck, very numerous everywhere Black Scoter,1 (PL) Surf Scoter, several flocks flying east from field #6 Northern Harrier, 2 Black-bellied Plover,from inlet Jones Beach side looking west Bonaparte's Gull, a dozen on ocean (PL) Horned Lark, 25 swale Westend #2 PINE WARBLER, western turnaround road with Yellow-rumps Field Sparrow,2 by Coast Guard Station enterance Ipswich Sparrow, 2 on and by snow fence, Westend #2 LAPLAND LONGSPUR, a single bird next to curb by marina boardwalk Snow Bunting, 25 (PL) Brown-headed Cowbird, 20 on Concession Building at Coast Guard Station. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
