I visited Pike's Beach this evening - nothing spectacular or really all that out of the ordinary but there were two non-breeding plumaged Piping Plovers, several Greater Yellowlegs, a small group of Ruddy Turnstones and plenty of semipalmated sandpipers. Photos can be seen here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2011/08/pikes-beach.html
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