Bob's and Sarah's report clearly indicates a good flight overnight. Patricia Lindsay and I were fortunate to be able to observe some of this flight further east on the barrier beach of southwestern Suffolk County. Particularly abundant here were Slate-colored Juncos, Song Sparrows, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and Yellow-shafted Flickers; also included were two each of Phoebe, Brown Creeper, and Field Sparrow, and best of all was a Vesper Sparrow (singing!) from a little patch of Arctostaphylos moorland on Captree Island (nice looking spot, but not a chance of local breeding).
We walked around a little between Robert Moses SP golf course and Democrat Point; it was a good day because we learned a little bit more about our patch, watching how westward-moving Flickers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and Myrtle Warblers behave at the puckerbrush-moorland ecotone. Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Robert Paxton [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 5:28 PM To: NYSBIRDS Subject: [nysbirds-l] spring arrivals: Eastern Phoebe We found eleven Eastern Phoebes in about a half-mile (120th street to 110th street) at the north end of Riverside Park, Manhattan, in about an hour (4 to 5 p.m). We found none in a similar walk yesterday. No other spring migrants observed today. Bob Paxton and Sarah Plimpton -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
