An adult Franklin's Gull is in the parking lot field 2 (east end) now at
4:49 pm. Robert Moses State Park. Tom Burke & Gail Benson
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In anticipation of finally witnessing a Fall passerine migration we headed
overt to RMSP this morning. On arriving at 6:45 AM, we noted that the winds
were light out of the N/NE, and there was a smattering of migrants (primarily
warblers) making they way down the beach. One of our first birds wa
Yesterday I had a rare chance to come to Long Island for work.
I didn't have much time but for an hour before sunset I walked the
very windy, rainy and chilly beach from Parking lot 3 at Robert
Moses.
Immediately one can see many NORTHERN GANNETS flying
around high and low and many were dive bombi
When a beach flight stands out as memorable to Ken, it means something; he's
seen a lot of big flights out there. In trying to take stock of the day, I find
myself not only agreeing with Ken, but becoming convinced more and more that
this flight was unusually intriguing in many ways.
I was part
Robert Moses State Park witnessed one of the more memorable fallouts in recent
years this morning, with clouds of sparrows on the lawn and moving through the
bushes. Overhead, flyby Pine Siskins and Purple Finch put in a good showing.
Species that exceeded a thousand individuals included Pine Si
Seawatching was quite good this AM. Highlights were: 65 BLACK SCOTERS, 44
COMMON LOONS, 3 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 8 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, MANX SHEARWATER, &
6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
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Mike Britt
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A 7:00AM to 7:45AM sea watch from RMSP Field 2 this morning produced two Sooty
Shearwaters and an early Wilson’s Storm Petrel (I typically see this species in
the first week of June at RMSP Field 2). There was also a smattering of
Northern Gannet, Common & Red-throated Loons and some tardy Black
Mark French and I conducted a hit-n-run seawatch from the Field 2 beach
from 523-849AM. Viewing conditions were quite favorable. Two NORTHERN
GANNETS were in view on occasion. The highlight however was a small group
of 4 MANX SHEARWATER. They were flying in a rather direct manner - west to
east - a
[bounce-95301736-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Ken Feustel
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses State Park Sea Watch (Suffolk Co.)
Encouraged by Derek Roger's reports of seabird activity at Smith
Encouraged by Derek Roger's reports of seabird activity at Smith's
Point, we headed over to the beach to do a sea watch somewhere on the
Jones barrier island. We were surprised to find RMSP open (Fields 2 &
5), and decided to conduct a sea watch from Field 2. We spent an hour
looking, with
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Guthrie
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:35 PM
To: 'David Klauber'; jjcb...@verizon.net; hoaryredp...@hotmail.com; 'NY
Birds'
Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Robert Moses State Park I, II, & III
. And Wait! There's more! .. There
. And Wait! There's more! .. There is a Robert Moses State Park in Niagara
Falls, New York (not to mention all the Robert Moses Parkways!)
Rich Guthrie
New Baltimore
New York
gael...@capital.net
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/17/robert-moses-state-park-to-remain-closed-for-a-long-time-to-come/
Update on Robert Moses State Park
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http://capitaltonightny.ynn.com/2012/10/no-more-beach-at-jones-beach/
I thought this may be of interest to those who bird on Long Island.
Christina
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Bob Grover
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Robert Moses State Park Birds This Morning (Suffolk Co.)
Before I
Before I relate the details of our morning's birding at RMSP, let me first say
that we searched unsuccessfully for the previously reported Say's Phoebe from
11:30AM to 12:30PM around the FI Lighthouse and the trails leading back to the
hawk watch. When we left the bird had not been relocated. As
Unlike Ken and Sue, I had no clue that there would be a flight overnight and
into the morning, so I spent the morning working at home. But what I lack in
perspicacity I make up for with proximity, so I was able to run right down to
the beach soon after Patricia Lindsay called to tell me that it
We arrived at RMSP this morning in the hope of finding migrants after
listening to the overnight weather report that forecast light
northwest winds. What we found at first was fog - lots of fog. Birding
started out slowly at the golf course, but we were eventually able to
see a good variety
While birding Robert Moses s.p. this afternoon came across two wood duck
feeding on the median grass with twenty Canada geese just east of parking
lot #2 Besides many red-breasted nuthatches ,golden crowned kinglets, and a
few brown thrashes, a highlight was scoping an immature peregrine falcon
A morning flight at RMSP this morning had a good variety of birds, although
warblers were again frustratingly difficult to locate as they moved down the
beach or dove into the shrubbery. We spent our time along the eastern boundary
of the golf course where we got in about an hour of birding befo
In anticipation of a gooding morning flight, Sue and I ventured to Robert Moses
State Park (RMSP) this morning, only to discover that Field 2 will be closed
the next four day due to construction work at the golf course. Not to be
denied, we parked at the Administration Building parking lot at Fi
Corey Finger and I are just leaving Robert Moses State Park now. It was a truly
outstanding seabird flight. Birding with Pat Lindsay, Shai Mitra, Bob Kurtz,
Tom Burke and Gail Benson, we added the following to Ken's totals: 360 Sooty
Shearwaters, 17 Cory's Shearwaters, 1 Great Shearwater, 1 Man
There is a good movement of seabirds going on this morning at RMSP Field 2. In
forty-five minutes of observation, starting at 7:00AM, I observed 225 Sooty
Shearwaters, 5 Great Shearwaters, 4 Wilson's Storm Petrels and small numbers of
Common Loons and Northern Gannets.
Ken Feustel
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i visited RMSP this morning with the intention of doing a sea watch but was
frustrated by abundant fog. However, while driving around the park I noted good
numbers of White-throated Sparrows, eventually tallying 145 birds. As the rain
let up I started to see small number of migrants along the sh
A one hour sea watch from 8:00AM to 9:00AM this morning from RMSP Field 5
produced the following:
Parasitic Jaeger -1
Royal Tern - 1
Red-throated Loon - 405
Common Loon - 4
Razorbill - 66
Bonaparte's Gull - 290
Laughing Gull - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 6
Black Scoter - 62
Surf Scoter - 6
Scoter sp. -
Highlights of a Saturday mornings birding at RMSP were few, but Sue and I found
a Yellow-breasted Chat (probably the same bird seen on the golf course the
previous day) west of the Field 2 picnic area. Later that morning Sue found a
perched-up Lark Sparrow on the south side of the entrance road
There was a modest passerine movement around RMSP Field 2 this morning, with
swallows (Barn & Tree), Bobolinks, Baltimore Orioles, and Red-winged Blackbirds
comprising the majority of the flying birds. We recorded seven of the common
species of warblers in addition to a Yellow-throated Vireo. We
A forty-five minute sea watch this morning from RMSP Field 2 yielded one Cory's
Shearwater, two Wilson's Storm Petrels, and four Northern Gannets. A first
summer Lesser Black-backed Gull was in the RMSP Field 2 parking lot.
Ken Feustel
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I was joined on a sea watch at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 by Mary
Normandia and Doug Futuyma. From 6:15-8:00 a.m. the tally was 4 Sooty
Shearwaters and 10 Wilson's Storm-Petrels. Conditions were calm and foggy.
The shearwaters were heading east, while the storm-petrels were mainly
lolling ar
Things were mostly quiet at RMSP this morning, with unfavorable winds putting a
damper on migration. An exception to this situation was the continuing flight
of Pine Siskin and American Goldfinch down the beach. I recorded 750 Pine
Siskins in an hour and a half of birding. Unlike the flights ear
As Shai Mitra indicated in an earlier post, there was a good movement of
passerines down the beach this morning. We counted birds from the west end of
parking field 2 from 7:45AM to 9:00AM. Birds continued to migrate down the
beach after we stopped counting and were still moving by late in the m
This morning at RMSP Field 2 a diverse group of migrants were moving down the
barrier beach. Highlights included sixty-five Purple Finch and twenty eight
Pine Siskin. Decent numbers of American Robin (350), Red-winged Blackbird
(125), and Yellow-rumped Warbler (750-1000, difficult to estimate) w
A sea watch at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 from 7:45-10:00 a.m.
today was very productive. The highlights were 7 Parasitic Jaegers
and 14 Royal Terns. The jaegers included four adults and one dark
morph immature. All were flying west close to shore, and harrassing
gulls and terns alo
A cool morning resulted in a modest flight of birds again dominated by
Yellow-rumped Warblers. At RMSP Field Two 12 flyby Pine Siskins were recorded.
Overall species diversity seemed low, perhaps a reflection of the advancing
fall season. Eastern Phoebes again made a good showing, with 110 being
On Sunday, prior to picking up my wife at Islip's airport, I birded the above.
During the time I was there, the wind direction did not cooperate, thereby
keeping the official counter(s) not very busy. Without question, the best
sighting of the day, was seeing Manny Levine and his wife, Mickey,
With the continuing bad weather, most the bird action seems to be on, or near,
the ocean. At RMSP Field 2 a one hour sea watch yielded three Cory's
Shearwaters, five unidentified Shearwaters, three Royal Terns, and my FOS
Bonaparte's Gull. At RMSP Field 5 a Parasitic Jaeger was on the ocean hara
I did a half-hour sea watch this morning from RMSP Field 2. Highlights included
two Caspian Terns and four Royal Terns. At the volleyball courts there were two
Clay-colored Sparrows and a Lincoln's Sparrow. At the east end of the Field 5
parking lot there were two adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls
At the volleyball courts at the east end of RMSP Field 2 this morning there was
a Blue Grosbeak, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, and two flyby Royal
Terns. The three passerines were observed in the vicinity of a dead (no leaves)
Autumn Olive that is on the right (south side) of the dirt
i spent a few hours (7:00AM to 9:00AM) birding at RMSP this morning. At the
golf course a Yellow-breasted Chat was in the shrubbery on the north side of
the golf course adjacent to the four wheel drive road. At the volleyball courts
at the east end of Field 2, there was a second Yellow-breasted
A sea watch from Robert Moses State Park Field 2 this morning at 8:10AM
produced eight Cory's Shearwaters and the usual terns and Laughing Gulls. At
West End later in the morning there were two Black Terns feeding with a large
flock of Common and Forster's Terns in Jones Inlet. Oystercatcher num
A sea watch from RMSP Field 2 from 7:30AM to 8:30AM this morning yielded five
Cory's Shearwaters and two Wilson's Storm-Petrels. One of the Cory's
Shearwaters was fifty yards from shore, feeding with a group of terns.
Ken Feustel
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A seawatch from RMSP Field 2 this morning yielded seventeen Wilson's Storm
Petrels, the majority well offshore. No shearwaters were observed, though
Gannets were present in good numbers (47). A bonus was a brief look at a large
Leatherback Turtle swimming east just off the beach. My only previo
A sea watch was undertaken from Robert Moses State Park Field 5 this morning.
The feeding flocks of Gannets, large gulls, and Black-legged Kittiwakes moved
further offshore, making identification of distant birds difficult. Good
numbers of scoters and Common Eiders were present, as well as two l
A strong east wind provided for some excellent sea birding this
morning at RMSP Field 2. Good numbers of the large gulls, Gannets, and
Laughing Gulls were feeding fairly close inshore. I was pleasantly
surprised to see five Cory's Shearwaters feeding with the gulls and
Gannets. In reviewing
There was a modest movement of birds down the barrier beach this
morning, with the main species being a small, continuous flight of
Northern Flickers. The most interesting species were two calling Am.
Golden Plovers flying over the RMSP golf course,and two Cape May
Warblers near the northea
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