This afternoon I drove along the Ocean Parkway, Robt. Moses, Oak Beach, Captree and Gilgo. Surprisingly the only raptors found were a couple of Northern Harriers. Most of the ground is snow covered, and there were few birds, but this should improve tomorrow.
At the Jones Beach west end Coast Guard Station there were 1 or 2 Lapland Longspurs. One was feeding with a small group of Horned larks just west of the bathrooms (closed), and another by the turnaround west of the police station also with a small group of larks. A lone American Pipt was at the eastern edge of the Gilgo parking lot, inside the construction area. 2 Greater Yellowlegs were feeding on the shore opposite. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
