More or less constant flyover activity at Jones Beach today from dawn to almost noon. Migrant highlights and approximate counts include: 2105 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Rusty Blackbird 105 Brown-headed Cowbird 15 Common Grackle 405 American Robin 4 Eastern Bluebird 180 American Goldfinch 22 Purple Finch 5 Pine Siskin 20 House Finch 120 Cedar Waxwing 3 Merlin 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Cooper's Hawk (including a successful kill hunting on foot, fun to watch!) 3 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk (plus a bird by the park entrance) Sparrow diversity is way down. The sandbar featured Red Knot, Greater Yellowlegs, Dunlin, Sanderling, Black-bellied Plover, and Oystercatcher. Pair of Purple Sandpiper at the jetty, also saw gannets and Surf/Black Scoter. Good numbers of both kinglets and Red-breasted Nuthatches, unsurprisingly accompanied by many Yellow-rumpled Warbler.
Cheers! -Tim H -- 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/ --
