[nysbirds-l] West End, Jones Beach State Park Birds (Nassau Co.)
This morning I took a walk along the West End jetty, as well as on the ocean front east to the swale. Highlights included two Razorbills, four Purple Sandpipers on the jetty, a female King Eider alighting briefly on the ocean before flying west toward the West End jetty, and a flyby Snowy Owl. More expected species were my first Fall Horned Grebe, and a good late morning flight of Red-throated Loons and Black Scoter. Passerines were in low numbers or missing entirely. Cheers, Ken Feustel -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] West End, Jones Beach State Park Birds (Nassau Co.)
This morning I took a walk along the West End jetty, as well as on the ocean front east to the swale. Highlights included two Razorbills, four Purple Sandpipers on the jetty, a female King Eider alighting briefly on the ocean before flying west toward the West End jetty, and a flyby Snowy Owl. More expected species were my first Fall Horned Grebe, and a good late morning flight of Red-throated Loons and Black Scoter. Passerines were in low numbers or missing entirely. Cheers, Ken Feustel -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] West End, Jones Beach State Park Birds (Nassau Co.)
Sue and I spent a few hours this morning birding West End, concentrating on shorebirds. Between the sandbar in the boat basin and the ponds between the Nature Center and WE2 we recorded seventeen species of shorebirds with nothing special to report. We did observe our first juvenile Stilt Sandpiper on the ponds and there were multiple Pectoral and White-rumped Sandpipers present. The highlight was a cooperative Sora feeding along the south side of the channel that connects the small eastern-most pond and the large, central pond. The bird was visible for over an hour, frequently retreating to the Phragmites if disturbed. We have always wondered why reports of this species from the ponds were so few when the habitat seemed ideal. This was our first observation of this species on the ponds and our first record for West End. A pleasant surprise was the lack of mosquitoes. However, the small dark biting flies were out in force - bring the bug juice. Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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] West End, Jones Beach State Park Birds (Nassau Co.)
Sue and I spent a few hours this morning birding West End, concentrating on shorebirds. Between the sandbar in the boat basin and the ponds between the Nature Center and WE2 we recorded seventeen species of shorebirds with nothing special to report. We did observe our first juvenile Stilt Sandpiper on the ponds and there were multiple Pectoral and White-rumped Sandpipers present. The highlight was a cooperative Sora feeding along the south side of the channel that connects the small eastern-most pond and the large, central pond. The bird was visible for over an hour, frequently retreating to the Phragmites if disturbed. We have always wondered why reports of this species from the ponds were so few when the habitat seemed ideal. This was our first observation of this species on the ponds and our first record for West End. A pleasant surprise was the lack of mosquitoes. However, the small dark biting flies were out in force - bring the bug juice. Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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/ --
