I was joined on a sea watch at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 by Mary Normandia and Doug Futuyma. From 6:15-8:00 a.m. the tally was 4 Sooty Shearwaters and 10 Wilson's Storm-Petrels. Conditions were calm and foggy. The shearwaters were heading east, while the storm-petrels were mainly lolling around. A search of the parking lots at Robert Moses and Captree State Parks yielded but one Lesser Black-backed Gull, a first year bird, in the lot at Robert Moses Field 2. At Jones Beach West End, there were 70 Red Knots on the bars at the Coast Guard Station. Later, at Forest Park, Doug spotted an Olive-sided Flycatcher in a large snag next to the area known as "The Gully". I turned around to see the bird fly off, never to be refound. Forest Park was otherwise rather quiet.
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