We birded the barrier strip from Jones Beach S.P., Nassau Co. to Captree S.P., Suffolk Co. today and did pretty well with the uncommon birds found there this past week.
We saw the Common Ground-Dove in two locations at Captree, once along the road to the south parking lot that overlooks the inlet, and once on the grass near the green buoy by the entry toll booths. We did not find the previously reported Western Kingbird, but we were told it had been reported early in the morning. Along the north side of the easternmost parking lot (where the ground-dove has also been seen) we found an immature White-crowned Sparrow feeding with the White-throated Sparrows. At Jones Beach, along with many other birders, we saw the Lark Sparrow on the north side of the employee parking lot west of Parking Field 6. Also at Jones Beach we saw the Northern Shrike perched on the east side of the boardwalk at the Roosevelt Nature Center at about 11:15 am. We did not find the Marbled Godwit at the Coast Guard station, but Tom Burke told us he had seen it there early in the morning. Joe DiCostanzo Ann Shaw -- 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/ --
