Like many others, I combed Jones/Gilgo beach this morning searching
unsuccessfully for Black-necked Stilt and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
Needing a change of scenery (and a break from the no-see-ums), I ran out
to Cupsogue and was rewarded with a FOS Royal Tern, and a single adult
ARCTIC TERN (phot
Like John Gluth, I had a mini fly-in of new birds visible from my yard in the
Argyle Park section of Babylon this morning. In my front yard sycamore and my
neighbor's oak tree at 7:30am, I observed yellow warbler (2), black-and-white
warbler (2), blue-headed vireo, warbling vireo, redstart, and
I had some good quality time in the field today with some nice results.
These are the highlights from multiple stops within 3 locations:
Jones Beach West End: On the Sandbar were 2 Gull-billed Terns (Perhaps the
same 2 that were recently harassing the Terns over at Nickerson Beach) and
18 S
There has been a male Harlequin Duck on the north side of Dune Road about
a mile West of Ponquogue Park for the past two weeks. He usually sits on or
near the rocks to the right of the Barge with the name of "Chesterfield
Associates" on the bay side near where they are pumping sand out on to
