Jones Beach. 18 Nov. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) parked at the Coast Guard Station. The DICKCISSEL was in its usual spot in the House Sparrow flock.. There were only a few shorebirds on the bar, but the far shore across the inlet was covered with them, all too far to make out except for the Oystercatchers.
Very few land birds today. In the median we found 2 late PINE WARBLERS, a FOX SPARROW and a male fly over PURPLE FINCH. There were 100 SNOW BUNTINGS on the West End 2 parking lot. At least 100+ NORTHERN GANNET were fishing off of parking field #6. (We missed the fly over BALD EAGLE seen and photographed from the median by Paul Gildersleeve before we came) 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/ --
