It's time for a Breezy Point check in! Late this afternoon, Breezy had an east to west (and eventually south) fly-by of 8 BROWN PELICANS. Also there was a (presumably) continuing first summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL near the entrance to the beach from the 4 x 4 path, as well as a similarly aged friend within the group of GBBGs closer to the jetty.
A BONAPARTE'S GULL made a couple of appearances loafing with Common Terns near the jetty, along with a few portlandica type Common Terns, and a couple of recently fledged Common Terns. Finally, there were many shorebirds around - mostly Sanderlings, but a few Semipalmated Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plovers (and of course, Piping Plovers) as well. Ebird list here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47244011 Good birding, Tripper -- 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/ --
