Jones Beach & Pt Lookout 10 Mar After scanning from the Coast Guard Station, Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) then walked to the inlet. That's when the blizzard arrived. We returned to our cars and drove over to WE #2. A crowd (50+) of SNOW BUNTINGS erupted in the driving snow along the parking lot edge. Land birds at the west end; 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and 2 AMERICAN ROBINS The snow stopped and we went over to the Nature Center. Three KILLDEER were on the grass by the flag pole. In the red cedars in front of the building, 20 CEDAR WAXWINGS were feeding on cedar berries. (Snow Buntings in the snow and Cedar Waxwings in the cedars---kind of cool).
At Pt. Lookout west jetty (closest to the parking lot), there were approx. 10 COMMON EIDER, 4 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE and 6 PURPLE SANDPIPER that flew in, landed momentarily and continued west toward Long Beach. No Long-tailed Ducks were seen today either place. Good birding. 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/ --
