There are some differences in the migration between Fort Tilden and points east on the barrier beach. While American Robins were noted in "modest" numbers in the Fire Island report, there was actually a spectacular flight at Tilden today, with several thousand passing through between 7:00 and 11:00. Stragglers continued until about 2:00, as did Pine Siskins and Purple Finches. Eastern Meadowlark and American Pipit were fly bys noted today (and not yesterday). A Red-shouldered Hawk, another one of those not so easy Long Island hawk species, highlighted the count of over 200 (of 10 species). About half were Sharp-shinned Hawks. At one busy point, I considered using Shai's method for counting Yellow-rumped Warblers. That idea was aborted when some quick math indicated we would be on pace for 5,000 Sharpies. That just didn't seem right.
For what it's worth, the Hooded Crow was not deleted from my web site. The bird might not have been real, but the picture is. Steve Walter Bayside, 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/ --
