Mei Yee and I spent 6+ hours birding first at Fort Tilden and then at Breezy
Point in Queens.
The swells were fierce this morning and at the Fort Tilden fisherman's parking
lot area,we observed the beach being breached very high up. None of the
resulting pools attracted anything of note, save for a few juvenile Sanderlings
which are always a treat.
Seawatching was non productive with nary a bird in sight. At Breezy Point the
swells had also breached the beach there. Many of the areas used by nesting
Piping Plovers early this season were flooded out. Thankfully, no PIPL were
nesting.
We worked the beach carefully and picked up a few good birds, including one
flagged Sanderling and a flagged Piping Plover. The latter had a Fire Island
banding scheme.
Other highlights included: CASPIAN TERN (2) - 1 adult and 1 juvenile.
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (2), RED KNOT (1) - juvenile bird that was flushed by
off leashed dogs. BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (2) - juveniles.
Breezy Point had hundreds of Swallows insecting above the dunes. We could only
make out Tree and Barn.
All of our notable birds were seen well and thoroughly documented with
photographs as supporting evidence.
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others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
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林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
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