A winter-plumaged Sandwich Tern put in a brief appearance before Frank Mantlik and me at Cupsogue, Suffolk, LI, around 12:30. A crop-duster helicopter appeared right on its heels, and the tern departed as the latter began noisily spraying the marsh. Earlier, we, along with Doug Futuyma and Steve Walter, watched a breeding-plumaged Gull-billed Tern put in a slightly longer, though still brief, appearance around 10:00, and two Black Terns were present through most of the morning. Steve saw a Marbled Godwit before 9:00, but this was not re-found, despite considerable effort.
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