[nysbirds-l] South Shore Beaches
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) encountered the fallout at Jones Beach West End. Surprisingly, the number of species was modest, but some of the numbers made up for it. Starting with Quantity, TREE SWALLOW-3-5.000 (hard to count or guesstimate when the sky was covered and full of them); PINE SISKIN-400 (streaming through early in the morning in medium sized flocks); YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER-hundreds; BLACK SKIMMER-100+; NORTHERN FLICKER-scores;EASTERN PHOEBE-50+ (they were everywhere, there were 5 closely lined up on the Coast Guard fence at one time); only 6 species of warbler and 7 species of sparrows. Other birds included 3 widely scattered BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BROUN CREEPER, RUBY and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and INDIGO BUNTING. Hawks were few but included TWO BALD EAGLES, adult and immature; a COOPER'S HAWK, PEREGRINE FALCONS and several MERLIN. (Eagles at the beach are always special.) We arrived at Robert Moses SP later in the morning where the activity had died down. Just before the turnaround to Field #2 we encountered Shai Mitra, who was focused on a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. We stopped to look.. The Hawk Watch counters starting earlier in the morning, reported few hawks, but much greater numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers and Pine Siskin than we had seen at the other end of the Jones strip. They had not seen any eagles. Beautiful Fall day, Great to be out. Sy -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] South Shore Beaches
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) encountered the fallout at Jones Beach West End. Surprisingly, the number of species was modest, but some of the numbers made up for it. Starting with Quantity, TREE SWALLOW-3-5.000 (hard to count or guesstimate when the sky was covered and full of them); PINE SISKIN-400 (streaming through early in the morning in medium sized flocks); YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER-hundreds; BLACK SKIMMER-100+; NORTHERN FLICKER-scores;EASTERN PHOEBE-50+ (they were everywhere, there were 5 closely lined up on the Coast Guard fence at one time); only 6 species of warbler and 7 species of sparrows. Other birds included 3 widely scattered BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BROUN CREEPER, RUBY and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and INDIGO BUNTING. Hawks were few but included TWO BALD EAGLES, adult and immature; a COOPER'S HAWK, PEREGRINE FALCONS and several MERLIN. (Eagles at the beach are always special.) We arrived at Robert Moses SP later in the morning where the activity had died down. Just before the turnaround to Field #2 we encountered Shai Mitra, who was focused on a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. We stopped to look.. The Hawk Watch counters starting earlier in the morning, reported few hawks, but much greater numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers and Pine Siskin than we had seen at the other end of the Jones strip. They had not seen any eagles. Beautiful Fall day, Great to be out. Sy -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] South Shore Beaches-Nassau Co
South Shore Beaches 30 July. Visited Malibu Beach Park (before the 8:00 AM opening charge), the next beach to the west of the Point Lookout Town Beach. It's at the first traffic light going west after coming off the loop parkway and opposite the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area. The roped off area holds the smaller of the two Tern/Skimmer colonies with an estimated 1-200 skimmer pairs and a estimated 200 Common Tern pairs. To the west, a roped off area at Nickerson Beach Park holds about twice as many of each. In addition there are Piping Plover, American Oystercatchers and Least Terns nesting on the beach. There is lots of activity and commotion at the colonies and the terns will dive bomb you if you venture too close to the rope. I chose to stay near the water where Sanderlings were enjoying the edge with occasional joggers. A seawatch observed numerous fishing Common Terns, a Gull-billed Tern and a Royal Tern. A quick stop at the Nature Area produced few shorebirds, but a Northern Waterthrush and two Yellow Warblers along the path to the bay. Short Beach Island opposite the Jones Beach West End Marina held some 4-500 Shorebirds; Black-bellied Plover, 2; Semipalmated Plover, ~20; American Oystercatcher, ~150; Willet,, 26 mostly "Western"; Ruddy Turnstone, ~15; Red Knot, ~25, about half with color; Sanderling, ~75, they flew off to the far bar; Semipalmated Sandpiper, ~20; Short-billed Dowitcher, ~40. Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] South Shore Beaches-Nassau Co
South Shore Beaches 30 July. Visited Malibu Beach Park (before the 8:00 AM opening charge), the next beach to the west of the Point Lookout Town Beach. It's at the first traffic light going west after coming off the loop parkway and opposite the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area. The roped off area holds the smaller of the two Tern/Skimmer colonies with an estimated 1-200 skimmer pairs and a estimated 200 Common Tern pairs. To the west, a roped off area at Nickerson Beach Park holds about twice as many of each. In addition there are Piping Plover, American Oystercatchers and Least Terns nesting on the beach. There is lots of activity and commotion at the colonies and the terns will dive bomb you if you venture too close to the rope. I chose to stay near the water where Sanderlings were enjoying the edge with occasional joggers. A seawatch observed numerous fishing Common Terns, a Gull-billed Tern and a Royal Tern. A quick stop at the Nature Area produced few shorebirds, but a Northern Waterthrush and two Yellow Warblers along the path to the bay. Short Beach Island opposite the Jones Beach West End Marina held some 4-500 Shorebirds; Black-bellied Plover, 2; Semipalmated Plover, ~20; American Oystercatcher, ~150; Willet,, 26 mostly Western; Ruddy Turnstone, ~15; Red Knot, ~25, about half with color; Sanderling, ~75, they flew off to the far bar; Semipalmated Sandpiper, ~20; Short-billed Dowitcher, ~40. Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
