I've been staying at Ocean Beach, Fire Island this week and have kept an eye on the beach in the afternoons throughout this week, with very little activity.
About a dozen common terns are still regularly feeding along the beach, with 1-2 Forster's terns occasionally showing up. Also, two osprey, double crested cormorants and the four expected gull species. Migrants here so far are limited to sporadic barn swallows moving along the beach. The only shorebird highlight seen this week was a single westbound whimbrel seen today flying along the beach about 75 yards offshore around 2:30pm. Not even a sanderling along the beach otherwise. One westbound monarch butterfly and one eastbound female-type scoter seen today, maybe headed towards the flock that remained off Davis Park beach. A group of dolphins trailing a fishing vessel about a mile out from the beach on Monday was the only other sighting of note. Thanks, Tim Dunn Babylon NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
