I did a little late morning and early afternoon birding along the Fire and Jones barrier beach today. Sunday's coastal storm brought in Lesser Black-backed Gulls to the barrier beach - I recorded one at Robert Moses, three at Captree, and one at West End. At Captree State Park my FOY Indigo Buntings (3 - 2M, 1F)) appeared. My last stop was at West End 2, where, among the many Dunlin and Black-bellied Plover were single Semipalmated Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, and Red Knot. There were about a dozen Bonaparte's Gulls on the WE2 Marina sandbar, including three in full breeding plumage. On the north side of the hedgerow six Indigo Buntings flew north into the Coast Guard Station grounds (4M, 2F), providing a nice splash of color on a cloudy day. An additional male Indigo Bunting was in the planting area just north of the WE2 pavilion. Birds in the median included a single female Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Gray Catbird.
Sue Feustel reported single Iceland and Lesser Black-backed Gulls this afternoon from Heckscher State Park while Sam Janazzo observed a female Hooded Warbler at West End this morning. Good Birding to All, Ken Feustel -- 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/ --
