Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End & Pt. Lookout
As an addendum, Barb Saunders and I found a Lapland Longspur in the "rock pile" yesterday. Ardith Bondi On 10/18/10 4:49 PM, Sy Schiff wrote: Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) later joined by Joe Giunta and Pat Jones birded the West End. The hedgerow edge by the Coast Guard Station had a nice concentration of sparrows (7 common species). The walk to the turnaround produced few additional birds (Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted Nuthatch, both Kinglets and Goldfinch) other than a number of raptors overhead. Sam left and we went over to Pt. Lookout and the "rock pile". This is the the shrubby area behind the stone dumping area north of the main Lido Beach town parking lot. Here we saw the same sparrows (today was a good sparrow day), but no uncommon ones. We added Hermit Thrush, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Purple Finch, a bright male, plus a few House Finches Joe and I walked out to the beach. At the west jetty there was a male Common Eider, our FOS. Two White-rumped Sandpipers and a Sanderling were feeding where the jetty meets the shore. A Surf Scoter was in the inlet. A continual stream of medium sized terns flew by in the ocean and inlet. All we could identify were Forster's Terns and we assumed the rest were also. A good bright sunny day. Sy -- 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] Jones Beach West End & Pt. Lookout
Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) later joined by Joe Giunta and Pat Jones birded the West End. The hedgerow edge by the Coast Guard Station had a nice concentration of sparrows (7 common species). The walk to the turnaround produced few additional birds (Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted Nuthatch, both Kinglets and Goldfinch) other than a number of raptors overhead. Sam left and we went over to Pt. Lookout and the "rock pile". This is the the shrubby area behind the stone dumping area north of the main Lido Beach town parking lot. Here we saw the same sparrows (today was a good sparrow day), but no uncommon ones. We added Hermit Thrush, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Purple Finch, a bright male, plus a few House Finches Joe and I walked out to the beach. At the west jetty there was a male Common Eider, our FOS. Two White-rumped Sandpipers and a Sanderling were feeding where the jetty meets the shore. A Surf Scoter was in the inlet. A continual stream of medium sized terns flew by in the ocean and inlet. All we could identify were Forster's Terns and we assumed the rest were also. A good bright sunny day. Sy -- 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] Jones Beach West End Pt. Lookout
Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) later joined by Joe Giunta and Pat Jones birded the West End. The hedgerow edge by the Coast Guard Station had a nice concentration of sparrows (7 common species). The walk to the turnaround produced few additional birds (Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted Nuthatch, both Kinglets and Goldfinch) other than a number of raptors overhead. Sam left and we went over to Pt. Lookout and the rock pile. This is the the shrubby area behind the stone dumping area north of the main Lido Beach town parking lot. Here we saw the same sparrows (today was a good sparrow day), but no uncommon ones. We added Hermit Thrush, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Purple Finch, a bright male, plus a few House Finches Joe and I walked out to the beach. At the west jetty there was a male Common Eider, our FOS. Two White-rumped Sandpipers and a Sanderling were feeding where the jetty meets the shore. A Surf Scoter was in the inlet. A continual stream of medium sized terns flew by in the ocean and inlet. All we could identify were Forster's Terns and we assumed the rest were also. A good bright sunny day. Sy -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Pt. Lookout
As an addendum, Barb Saunders and I found a Lapland Longspur in the rock pile yesterday. Ardith Bondi On 10/18/10 4:49 PM, Sy Schiff wrote: Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) later joined by Joe Giunta and Pat Jones birded the West End. The hedgerow edge by the Coast Guard Station had a nice concentration of sparrows (7 common species). The walk to the turnaround produced few additional birds (Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted Nuthatch, both Kinglets and Goldfinch) other than a number of raptors overhead. Sam left and we went over to Pt. Lookout and the rock pile. This is the the shrubby area behind the stone dumping area north of the main Lido Beach town parking lot. Here we saw the same sparrows (today was a good sparrow day), but no uncommon ones. We added Hermit Thrush, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Purple Finch, a bright male, plus a few House Finches Joe and I walked out to the beach. At the west jetty there was a male Common Eider, our FOS. Two White-rumped Sandpipers and a Sanderling were feeding where the jetty meets the shore. A Surf Scoter was in the inlet. A continual stream of medium sized terns flew by in the ocean and inlet. All we could identify were Forster's Terns and we assumed the rest were also. A good bright sunny day. Sy -- 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/ --
