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 morning. Some numbers from our count:
Red-winged Blackbird - 3,275 American Goldfinch - 1,500 Tree Swallow - 1,200 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1,000 American Robin - 500 Pine Siskin - 300 Purple Finch - 100 Cedar Waxwing - 125 On the ocean at RMSP there were all three species of scoter, good numbers of Gannet, and three Royal Terns. At West End all the species present at RMSP were present (albeit in smaller numbers) with good numbers of Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, White-throated Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco on the ground. Our best bird was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Additionally, a fair hawk flight developed in the late morning highlighted by Merlins and Kestrels. Ken & Sue Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
