A two hour trip along Dune Rd, from 7AM-9AM, between Post Ave. Bridge, Quogue and the Shinnecock Inlet, did not find the previously reported Brown Pelicans nor the previously reported Marbled Godwit. There was, however, an increase in the number of shorebirds along the extensive mud and mussel flats. Birds included Greater Yellowlegs, SB Dowitchers, Ruddy Turnstones, Least Sandpipers, Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Semi-plamated Plover, and many Black-bellied Plovers.
There were three adult Clapper Rail, clearly visible in two different spots, and three young Clapper Rail, three Black-crowned Night Heron and one Yellow-crowned Night Heron, along with the usually expected terns and shorebirds. Before the tide began rising, dozens of Snowy Egret and Great Egrets filled the side of road ditches - an amazing sight! Eileen Schwinn -- 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/ --