[nysbirds-l] Winter Birding at West End, Jones Beach State Park (Nassau Co.)
Sue and I did a large walking loop along the east side of Jones Inlet this morning, coming up with a bird list worthy of a winter’s day. Highlights included Harlequin Duck (a female found by Bob Anderson at the WE2 jetty), Horned Grebe (four on the Pt. Lookout side of the Inlet), Bonaparte’s Gulls (eight feeding in the Inlet), Common Eider (a single male), two species of scoter, and fifteen Snow Buntings in the dunes east of the WE2 pavilion. Of additional interest was an immature Parasitic Jaeger harassing Forster’s Terns on the ocean south of the West End jetty and the continuing Lark Sparrow at the western entrance to WE2. 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] Winter Birding at West End, Jones Beach State Park (Nassau Co.)
Sue and I did a large walking loop along the east side of Jones Inlet this morning, coming up with a bird list worthy of a winter’s day. Highlights included Harlequin Duck (a female found by Bob Anderson at the WE2 jetty), Horned Grebe (four on the Pt. Lookout side of the Inlet), Bonaparte’s Gulls (eight feeding in the Inlet), Common Eider (a single male), two species of scoter, and fifteen Snow Buntings in the dunes east of the WE2 pavilion. Of additional interest was an immature Parasitic Jaeger harassing Forster’s Terns on the ocean south of the West End jetty and the continuing Lark Sparrow at the western entrance to WE2. 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/ --
