At Cupsogue today, a BLACK TERN (seen with Justin LeClaire) was present for a brief period in the morning. A still colorful WESTERN SANDPIPER (found by Jim Cohen) was present on the incoming tide during the afternoon. A WHIMBREL was seen by Doug Gochfeld and company about that same time. PECTORAL SANDPIPER (seen by Justin) headlining the rest of the 17 species of shorebirds. Before heading out to the flats, I counted at least 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS along the surf within fairly short distance of the deck.
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/ --
