I was there yesterday too and also saw many birds out of reach way to the north and northwest (from the usual access point, a short walk from the parking lot). Does anyone know if it's possible to rent a small boat somewhere nearby and get to those sandbars and islands?
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY On Thursday, July 20, 2017, 6:09:52 AM EDT, Ken Feustel <[email protected]> wrote: We spent five hours on the flats at Cupsogue yesterday morning, covering both outgoing and incoming tides. Highlights were seventeen species of shorebirds including a single Whimbrel and four Pectoral Sandpipers. Terns of interest were Royal Terns(11), Black Tern (1), Roseate Tern (1) and Forster’s, Common, and Least Terns. Shorebird numbers were not particularly impressive, and, in what seems to be the "new normal”, many of the species did not visit the flats east of the inlet, preferring to remain on the distant sandbar(s) in Moriches Inlet. Cheers, Ken & Sue Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
