Mei Yee and I spent 6+ hours birding first at Fort Tilden and then at Breezy Point in Queens.
The swells were fierce this morning and at the Fort Tilden fisherman's parking lot area,we observed the beach being breached very high up. None of the resulting pools attracted anything of note, save for a few juvenile Sanderlings which are always a treat. Seawatching was non productive with nary a bird in sight. At Breezy Point the swells had also breached the beach there. Many of the areas used by nesting Piping Plovers early this season were flooded out. Thankfully, no PIPL were nesting. We worked the beach carefully and picked up a few good birds, including one flagged Sanderling and a flagged Piping Plover. The latter had a Fire Island banding scheme. Other highlights included: CASPIAN TERN (2) - 1 adult and 1 juvenile. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (2), RED KNOT (1) - juvenile bird that was flushed by off leashed dogs. BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (2) - juveniles. Breezy Point had hundreds of Swallows insecting above the dunes. We could only make out Tree and Barn. All of our notable birds were seen well and thoroughly documented with photographs as supporting evidence. -------- "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --