I was interested to see that Steve Walter saw multiple Cory's Shearwaters today off the south shore of Long Island. I spent about an hour sea watching at Shinnecock this morning and had a close Great Shearwater flying and lighting on the water right just outside the jetties. Also one distant dark shearwater, presumably a Sooty. No other interesting seabirds or terns.
I was surprised to see 12 Glossy Ibis feeding with the grackles on the sod field along rte 51. This was a new behavior for me. Mike Cooper Ridge, LI NY Sent from my iPhone On Jun 21, 2015, at 9:10 PM, Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net> wrote: > The weekend’s weather forecast wasn’t what I was looking for in June, my time > for dragonflies and butterflies. But if I had to resort to birding, today is > what I would have drawn up. Get a southerly wind on the heels of a storm, for > sea watching at Robert Moses State Park, then clearing for good lighting on > the White-faced Ibis at nearby Captree Island. The sea watching wasn’t > anything great, but Bob Anderson and I combined to pick up 6 Cory’s > Shearwaters. The birds were seen between 8:30 and 9:40, although my length of > stay was from about 8:00 to 10:15. > > I have to thank Michael McBrien for finding and being my spotter on the > White-faced Ibis (easier to keep track of it in a scope than in a camera). A > picture of the Ibis can be seen at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ . To > provide photographers with the information birders don’t give you, the ibis > kept its distance from the road, but it was not outrageously far when seen > toward the western part of the island. The picture was taken with a 1000 mm > setup. I would expect anything less to be a major challenge, unless you get > lucky. A couple of Glossys were a bit closer in at one viewing spot. But it > is a good light direction. > > Steve Walter > Bayside, NY > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
