During this hot day, the walk on the beach produced some of the following: Black Terns, a Roseate Tern, Common Terns, Seaside and Saltmarsh Sparrows, a hunting Peregrine (Yipes), but NO Artic Terns.
Galbreski Airport yielded several Grasshopper Sparrows on the fence, A Bluebird, Field Sparrows, but NO Vesper Sparrow. EPCAL late in the afternoon was highlighted by at least a dozen Grasshopper Sparrows many singing away, a couple of Meadowlarks and Horned larks, but Blue Grosbeaks seen on Wednesday did not make an appearance. Diana Teta Long Island, 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/ --
