Jones Beach West End; 18 October Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo, and I (Sy Schiff) joined by Steve Shellenger started at the marina. The usual Fall gathering of migrant water fowl found 100+ American Oystercatchers on the bar, 500 + Double-crested Cormorants resting on a sand bar on the other side of the inlet along with 75 Forster's Terns. There were 41 Scoters in the inlet just off Jones Island, almost all SURF SCOTERS with a few BLACK SCOTERS mixed in. No Willets or Godwits today.
The hedge row held a few dozen Yellow-rumped Warblers, an EASTERN WOOD PEWEE, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a fall ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK among other birds. Later when walking towards the median we saw a number of fly-by EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. Raptors included an OSPREY and a few MERLIN. Sy -- 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/ --
