I got a picture of the bird (posted today in New York Birders-Facebook) and the identification of the Roseate was confirmed. I did not find for the Arctic tern either but terns don’t stay on the dunes or the shore. The Black tern went out to sea around 4:30pm (I guess to fish) and returned around 6:30PM. There were a significant number of birders (and bird photographers) at that time looking for the uncommon terns.
Felipe Pimentel On Jun 11, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Robert Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday afternoon from about 3:20 to 6:00 I birded Nickerson Beach, Nassau > County. No Arctic Tern. > > Another birder was there for most of that time (whose name escapes me, sorry) > and he too reported no luck, though he did say he saw a Roseate. There was a > Black Tern. > > The flock of Common Terns was most numerous at 3:20 and slowly decreased. > Not sure if this is a tidal effect or what. > > Bob Lewis > Sleepy Hollow NY > > From: syschiff <[email protected]> > To: NYSBIRDS_L <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 5:13 PM > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Nickerson Beach ARCTIC TERN > > Hi all, > > As an addition to my earlier post I am attaching the following. Suspect > ARCTIC TERN confirmed by expert. > > Sy. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
