Nickerson Beach, Nassau Co, NY 31 Aug. About 7:30 this morning, while I was surveying the beach, a tern came out of the morning sun flying down the middle of the beach and almost directly overhead. It looked a bit different and I followed with my bins until it landed in one of the numerous puddles near the upper beach. As I put my scope on where it landed behind a group of resting birds. It took off almost immediately; but I got excellent looks of both the upper and lower plumages as it wheeled in the air before it continued west down the beach
Follow up at home and a lot of research convinced me that my first impression of BRIDLED TERN was correct. This sighting is of interest because of the number of days after the hurricane. Could this be one of the birds reported in New England? Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
