I caught up with three Gull-billed Terns (and Peter Post) at Jones Beach today, first as fly bys at the West End turnaround and then on the spit near the Coast Guard Station. A picture (of two) can be seen at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ . Presumably, these are of the group seen at Nickerson Beach in recent days. I started the day there, but they did not. I did, however, get my FOS Common Tern, quickly followed by my SOS, then TOS, two more FOSes, two more SOSes, and my EOS - which coincidentally is what I use to photograph them.
Went to Muttontown later on, but didn't see the reported Bobolinks. A consolation was an Orchard Oriole along the northwest flank of the corral area, one that might not be too hard to find for someone needing that. 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/ --
