Jones Beach West End. 11 Aug Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking for the LARK SPARROW this morning arriving to an empty West End #2 lot and no sparrow. As we scanned, a small bird flew in from the east landing about 30 yard away. YES!.
We drove over to the Coast Guard Station. Few shore birds, but a nice mix of the usual suspects. What was unusual was a CLAPPER RAIL and 6 young on the island, feeding along the far edge before moving into the vegetation. Moving to the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area, we walked out to the platform at the channel edge and looked directly across to the bay island where an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON was feeding in the high grass. Just as I was dropped off at home, we were summoned back to Jones Beach. The 2 BROWN PELICANS were resting on the sand bar all the way across the inlet, some 0.55 miles away (distance curtsey of Google Earth) . Viewing at that distance requires a good scope and a really large bird; fortunately, we had both. 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/ --
