I spent this morning birding various points along the south fork of Long Island. Migration was evident at almost every stop, and it was obvious that a relatively large movement of birds had taken place last night. I began at Montauk Point, where I located an immature *Orange-crowned Warbler *near the concession stand, an *Eastern Meadowlark* which rested briefly on the lawn by the concession stand, and an adult *White-crowned Sparrow*.
Camp Hero was covered in migrants, the most interesting of which was an adult male *Lapland Longspur* which landed five feet from me on the lawn in front of the parking lot. I also observed an immature *White-crowned Sparrow *in the park dump. The *Greater White-fronted Goose* continued in the pasture at the Deep Hollow Ranch. Sagg Pond was quiet, but Mecox held relatively good numbers of shorebirds. Anthony Collerton picked out an *American Golden-plover *in flight which was then observed on the flats. From Horsemill Lane I found an immature *Bald Eagle* flying over the north end of the bay which provided some decent scope views. Dune Road was relatively quiet, but I did flush a *Wilson's Snipe* from the muddy ditch along Triton Lane. Extensive searching at Cupsogue provided excellent views of a *subvirgatus* *Nelson's Sparrow.* Otherwise the only other bird of note at the location was an adult *Tricolored Heron.* Brent Bomkamp Northport, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
