As an addendum, Barb Saunders and I found a Lapland Longspur in the
"rock pile" yesterday.
Ardith Bondi
On 10/18/10 4:49 PM, Sy Schiff wrote:
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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