Sea watch at Robert Moses SP field #2 30 May Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) arrived at 8:15 AM and stayed till 9:00 stopping by Zachs Bay on the way home (no Black-necked Stilt that had been reported yesterday).
The watch was slow this morning with the most abundant birds mid sized terns too far out to ID. However, we did have great scope views of a SOOTY SHEARWATER flying east. Other seabirds seen were 2 NORTHERN GANNET, 1 ROYAL TERN, COMMON and LEAST TERNS and a COMMON LOON. In and around a breeding cage to the west of our vantage point were PIPING PLOVER with newly hatched young. Sy -- 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/ --
