[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach area Sunday, April 3, 2011
Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) started at Nickerson Beach (Nick) this morning, where we found 4 pairs of Oystercatchers, one actively mating and at least 2 pairs of Piping Plovers with one extra alone (at least when we saw it). When we reached the jetty at West End 2 (WE2), there was another mating pair of Oystercatchers and, along the beach, another pair of Piping Plovers. Birds seen today: Common Loon (WE2 jetty) Horned Grebe (Nick) Northern Gannet (offshore, both places) Great Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Canada Goose Brant (still many around) Mute Swan (pond seen from Meadowbrook Parkway on the way up from the beach) Common Eider (1 female by WE2 jetty) Black Scoter (8, WE2) Red-breasted Merganser (widespread) Osprey (near Point Lookout exit from Meadowbrook) Red-tailed Hawk Peregrine Falcon (eating prey on Jones Beach water tower) Piping Plover (Nick & WE2) American Oystercatcher (Nick & WE2) Dunlin (1 individual near WE2 jetty) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Northern Flicker (WE) American Crow Horned Lark (1 bird, Nick) Tree Swallow (WE) American Robin Northern Mockingbird (Nick & Jones Beach) European Starling American Tree Sparrow (median near Coast Guard Station) Song Sparrow (WE, Coast Guard Station) Red-winged Blackbird (mixed flocks of blackbirds at WE median) Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird House Sparrow one seal sp. seen from the WE2 jetty -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach area Sunday, April 3, 2011
Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) started at Nickerson Beach (Nick) this morning, where we found 4 pairs of Oystercatchers, one actively mating and at least 2 pairs of Piping Plovers with one extra alone (at least when we saw it). When we reached the jetty at West End 2 (WE2), there was another mating pair of Oystercatchers and, along the beach, another pair of Piping Plovers. Birds seen today: Common Loon (WE2 jetty) Horned Grebe (Nick) Northern Gannet (offshore, both places) Great Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Canada Goose Brant (still many around) Mute Swan (pond seen from Meadowbrook Parkway on the way up from the beach) Common Eider (1 female by WE2 jetty) Black Scoter (8, WE2) Red-breasted Merganser (widespread) Osprey (near Point Lookout exit from Meadowbrook) Red-tailed Hawk Peregrine Falcon (eating prey on Jones Beach water tower) Piping Plover (Nick WE2) American Oystercatcher (Nick WE2) Dunlin (1 individual near WE2 jetty) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Northern Flicker (WE) American Crow Horned Lark (1 bird, Nick) Tree Swallow (WE) American Robin Northern Mockingbird (Nick Jones Beach) European Starling American Tree Sparrow (median near Coast Guard Station) Song Sparrow (WE, Coast Guard Station) Red-winged Blackbird (mixed flocks of blackbirds at WE median) Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird House Sparrow one seal sp. seen from the WE2 jetty -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --