Inspired by yesterday's reports from Vinny Pellegrino and Ken Fuestel, I birded Sunken Meadow State Park (Suffolk Co.) today from 8:15am-2:00pm. Not unexpectedly, I didn't find all the good stuff they did, but I still had a productive day, finishing with 70 species (14 warblers) including the following:
Wood Duck Solitary Sandpiper (1, rain pool in picnic area at southern end of Field 4) Lesser Yellowlegs (1, with 2 Greater Yellowlegs, large rain pool, Field 1) YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (1, heard only, inner marsh trail) E. Kingbird White-eyed Vireo (2, heard only, inner marsh trail) Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo (1, heard only, inner marsh trail) House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1) Wood Thrush (4-5) Blue-winged Warbler N. Parula Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler American Redstart (immature male) N. Waterthrush Orchard Oriole (2 females) Just east of Field 3, where Sunken Meadow Creek passes through a culvert and tumbles down a rocky embankment, a gathering of egrets (12 Snowy, 4 Great) formed a hungry gauntlet which hapless minnows swept along by the current had little chance of escaping. -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
