While a little off the point, I wanted to let "grasspiper" enthusiasts know
that the sod farm where the buff breasted sandpipers are being seen has been
preserved by Suffolk County through their purchase of development rights
program. This means the owner can keep farming the property to grow
That complex of intersecting roads is hard to describe, but a view of
a map clarifies;
40.836963,-72.746417 - Google Maps
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Hello All, Mid-morning scans of a sod field in Manorville turned up 2
Buff Breasted Sandpiper and 8 Killdeer. Take East Moriches-Riverhead Rd.
north of Sunrise Hwy. to light, make a left on Eastport Manor Rd. and then
quick left on Head of the Neck Road .Sod fields are on the right. Check
This morning at about 8:00, I and Mary Normandie saw 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS
at the pool of water on the upper beach at Jones Beach West End, just east of
the swale that extends from the bathhouse at Field 2. No Baird's Sandpipers
were to be seen. A WHIMBREL circled briefly; probably the
For those with some time and an interest in raptors, especially
observations of migrating raptors and other birds moving south each
year at this time through the month of November, a good watch-site
location which has been actively peopled with observers for well over
40 years could use
For those with some time and an interest in raptors, especially
observations of migrating raptors and other birds moving south each
year at this time through the month of November, a good watch-site
location which has been actively peopled with observers for well over
40 years could use
