Acting on the timely posting from Anya via Jacob - thanks! - I stopped at Mexoc Inlet (Watermill, Suffolk Co.) this evening and was joined on the sandflat by Peter Polshek. A lone WILSON'S PHALAROPE turned into two birds, which we watched catching insects on a drier section of the flat. Both seemed to be males, one a tad brighter than the other, although I always find it hard to distinguish dull females from males. [I say this having just returned from Montana where I saw hundreds of nesting pairs, many paired males seeming duller (more gray) than these birds.]
Also present were 3 CASPIAN TERNS, 2 ROSEATE TERNS, 1 FORSTER'S TERN, 14 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and a host of commoner species. Cheers, Angus Wilson New York City/Springs, 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/ --
