Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) later joined by Joe Giunta and Pat Jones
birded the West End. The hedgerow edge by the Coast Guard Station had a nice
concentration of sparrows (7 common species). The walk to the turnaround
produced few additional birds (Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted Nuthatch, both
Kinglets and Goldfinch) other than a number of raptors overhead.
Sam left and we went over to Pt. Lookout and the "rock pile". This is the
the shrubby area behind the stone dumping area north of the main Lido Beach
town parking lot. Here we saw the same sparrows (today was a good sparrow day),
but no uncommon ones. We added Hermit Thrush, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat
and Purple Finch, a bright male, plus a few House Finches
Joe and I walked out to the beach. At the west jetty there was a male
Common Eider, our FOS. Two White-rumped Sandpipers and a Sanderling were
feeding where the jetty meets the shore. A Surf Scoter was in the inlet. A
continual stream of medium sized terns flew by in the ocean and inlet. All we
could identify were Forster's Terns and we assumed the rest were also.
A good bright sunny day. Sy
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