This AM ~ 0645, Tom Moran and I headed south & west, with our 1st stop being
RMSPk., where we had a thrush that frustrated us enough to not "call it",
pending someone else's appraisal of 2 photos I managed to get.
We then drove the Ocean Pkwy., picking up an Osprey (returning from the ocean
carrying a fish that seemed to be as long as it was), a male N.Harrier, a
Merlin and 2 Indigo Buntings, before arriving at Gilgo, where we had the
"resident" Blue Grosbeak.
Continuing on to JBWE, the only bird of note was a female N.Harrier.
>From there we went to HLSPk., which we found to be very quiet, although we did
>get a FOY Yellow Warbler.
Next was Alley Pond Pk., also very quiet, but managing to produce our FOY
N.Waterthrush, as well as our 2nd YWAR of the day.
Forest Pk. was our last stop, finding "The Waterhole" still holding a little of
last week's heavy rain, and attracting some FOY birds for us - namely, Gray
Catbird & Baltimore Oriole.
Tom managed to get a "lifer hat-trick" today, consisting of the grosbeak, the
waterthrush and the "mystery bird"...whichever of the 3 possible thrushes it
turns out to be !
Cheers, Bob
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