Swallows moved in large numbers along the beach under this morning's brisk northwest winds and were still doing so when I left around noon. Lots of shorebirds were migrating as well, but I saw no evidence that nocturnal migrants moved last night.
Because there were relatively few species involved, I was able to make a careful count of the swallows passing Robert Moses SP, Suffolk, LI, from 7:10-11:10. I also estimated those passing from 11:10 to 12:10, as I made a cursory (and unproductive) inspection of several migrant traps around RMSP. The totals were as follows: Purple Martin 74 Tree Swallow 848, plus ca. 100 during the last hour Bank Swallow 43, plus at least 2 during the last hour Barn Swallow 5651, plus ca. 500 during the last hour Cliff Swallow 20 I also tallied 16 Chimney Swifts, 17 Eastern Kingbirds, 14 Semipalmated Plovers, 12 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, 121 Least Sandpipers, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, and 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, among other species. Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ PS: Are you attending the CSI Breast Cancer Walkathon on Dolphin Day? Register Now><http://goo.gl/dLUDB> -- 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/ --
