A morning flight at RMSP this morning had a good variety of birds, although warblers were again frustratingly difficult to locate as they moved down the beach or dove into the shrubbery. We spent our time along the eastern boundary of the golf course where we got in about an hour of birding before the golfers started playing through. Highlights included a lone calling Pine Siskin shortly after we arrived, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Blue Grosbeak, Dickcissel, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
I headed down to Jones Beach/West End where birders informed me that the mosquitoes were engaged in their annual post Labor Day binge. Luckily, shortly after I passed the toll booth I spied a Western Kingbird in the median sitting on the wooden guardrail. Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ Having seen the Kingbird, I decided to forego the pleasure of feeding the mosquitoes in the median and called it a day. Good Birding, Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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/ --
