Jim Cullen and I birded the low tide this morning at the Cupsogue Beach area spending most of our 3 hrs.on “Bird Island” just to the west of Cupsogue(tidal island accessible only at low tide by boat).This area was loaded with birds with many hundreds of Sanderling being the most numerous species.Of note were 120 Red Knot;not a single one was tagged or flagged.Also,we had nice views of a juvenile Western Sandpiper,two Dunlin and two very cooperative Pectoral Sandpipers.We also had two calling Whimbrel fly over and plenty of competition with diving raptors scaring thousands of birds up at once. Thanks Lee Stocker --
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