At WE this morning there was an American Golden Plover on the sandbar in the WE2 Marina along with three Western Willets and twenty-five Red Knots. On the ocean south of the swale the calm winds resulted in excellent viewing conditions. We observed a single Parasitic Jaeger harassing Laughing Gulls and Forster's Terns. Two Royal Terns passed by the beach heading west. In the swale itself we observed two flyby calling Lapland Longspurs, while two additional Lapland Longspurs were feeding along the trail that borders the west side of the swale. One bird was a particularly colorful male.
A flock of some 3,000 Tree Swallows were hawking insects and landing to rest on the beach south of the swale. Flyby passerines observed and/or heard from the median included two American Pipits, twelve Pine Siskins, and half a dozen Purple Finch. On Monday afternoon there was female Blue Grosbeak feeding along the north side of Robert Moses State Park Field 2 west of the main entrance. 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/ --
