To add to Ken's Jones Beach Report: I had an Eastern Meadowlark at the Coast Guard Station fence (seen also feeding on the grass by 2 birders), plus Savannah, Field, and Chipping Sparrows in addition to the White-throated, White-crowned, and Song.
There was one Snow Goose at the swale, and a female Wood Duck walking on the sidewalk on the island in the West End 2 parking lot (after being flushed from the swale by Steve Walter). Raptors were scarce, with only a Northern Harrier and a Merlin. And, there are still mosquitos at the Coast Guard Station! Donna Schulman Forest Hlls, NY On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ken Feustel <[email protected]> wrote: > We birded the barrier beach this morning , observing a fair movement of > birds dominated by Yellow-rumped Warblers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and > White-throated and Song Sparrows. We had a *Lincoln's Sparrow* at the > northwest corner of Robert Moses State Park Field 2, a flyby *Pine Siskin*, > and a *Blue Grosbeak* at the entrance to Field 5. There was a fair > smattering of White-crowned Sparrows (15) among the White-throats and Songs, > and a small number of Purple Finch (10). > > At West End there was a *Marbled Godwit, *found by another birder mixed in > with the numerous Oystercatchers and other shorebirds on the bar at the WE2 > Marina. We did not bird the swale today, but on Saturday afternoon the > number of Pectoral Sandpipers had increased to seven, along with a small > number of White-rumped Sandpipers (6), Dunlin (2), and a lone Least > Sandpiper. We tallied fifty Eastern Phoebes for this mornings birding. > > Ken & Sue Feustel > -- 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/ --
