There was evidence of some movement overnight. The warm,humid, calm conditions
still produced good birds today. A STILT SANDPIPER at Morningside Park this
morning was our first in four years in the county. Scott Baldinger was able to
get there to see it and add it to his county list. Later
The rain started earlier than forecast this morning (~09:00). But I was able
to get in over 3 hours of birding the sod fields in the Eastport/Riverhead
area in just spotty showers before heavy, sustained rain began ~11:30.
As Eileen Schwinn noted there were at least 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on
Friday morning, pre- Earl rain - on the previously reported by Carl
Starace Manorville, LI sod fields, 3 Buff Breasted Sandpiper, 108
black-bellied plover, 4 Killdeer. At the Osborn Ave., Riverhead sod
field, 54 Killdeer, 4 Black Bellied Plover, and 3 Red-tailed Hawk
posted on nearby farm
Havent had much time to bird lately but had 2 night hawks last night and 3
the night before over my house in Rocky Point NY. Also a busy year for
humingbirds.Iv seen at least one a day in my yard since early july.Rarely go
neer the feederfirst they hit the cannas plant then trumpet vine
Somehow, the American White Pelican was left out of my lengthy report
for Thursday, 2 September 2010 - one was continuing at the East Pond
(not far from the raunt) of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge thru the
day (& is among the rarest birds of the refuge right now and this
summer, even if
Thursday, 2 September 2010 - s. Queens & Kings Counties, N.Y. City
Some of the highlights of visits to Floyd Bennett Field (Brooklyn /
Kings Co.), the Rockaway peninsula, and then Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge (Queens Co.) included a total of 23 species of shorebirds & a
very impressive
Thursday, 2 September 2010 - s. Queens Kings Counties, N.Y. City
Some of the highlights of visits to Floyd Bennett Field (Brooklyn /
Kings Co.), the Rockaway peninsula, and then Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge (Queens Co.) included a total of 23 species of shorebirds a
very impressive number
Somehow, the American White Pelican was left out of my lengthy report
for Thursday, 2 September 2010 - one was continuing at the East Pond
(not far from the raunt) of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge thru the
day ( is among the rarest birds of the refuge right now and this
summer, even if
Havent had much time to bird lately but had 2 night hawks last night and 3
the night before over my house in Rocky Point NY. Also a busy year for
humingbirds.Iv seen at least one a day in my yard since early july.Rarely go
neer the feederfirst they hit the cannas plant then trumpet vine
