[nysbirds-l] Captree State Park, Ocean Parkway Beaches, Jones Beach CG Station and WE2.
Yesterday (Friday, March 11, 2011), Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) saw 18 American Oystercatchers on the low islands along the bay side starting at Captree and through Field 10. There weren't any seen from the Coast Guard Station or at WE2. From Captree, 4 Boat-tailed Grackles were seen. In the area of the CGS and WE2 we saw a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, 5 Tree Swallows, 12 Tree Sparrows, 1 Horned Lark, and 1 Killdeer that rested for a long time (over an hour) in the "swale". Late in the day, with only a smattering of gulls or ducks along the beach, a couple of flocks of Sanderlings came by, amounting to about 60 birds. Ardith Bondi the list included: Red-throated Loon Common Loon Great Cormorant Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Brant Mute Swan American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Scaup species Long-tailed Duck Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer American Oystercatcher (18) Sanderling (60) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove American Crow Horned Lark Tree Swallow (5) American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler American Tree Sparrow (12) Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird (multiple, singing) Boat-tailed Grackle (4, Captree) House Sparrow -- 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] Captree State Park, Ocean Parkway Beaches, Jones Beach CG Station and WE2.
Yesterday (Friday, March 11, 2011), Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) saw 18 American Oystercatchers on the low islands along the bay side starting at Captree and through Field 10. There weren't any seen from the Coast Guard Station or at WE2. From Captree, 4 Boat-tailed Grackles were seen. In the area of the CGS and WE2 we saw a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, 5 Tree Swallows, 12 Tree Sparrows, 1 Horned Lark, and 1 Killdeer that rested for a long time (over an hour) in the swale. Late in the day, with only a smattering of gulls or ducks along the beach, a couple of flocks of Sanderlings came by, amounting to about 60 birds. Ardith Bondi the list included: Red-throated Loon Common Loon Great Cormorant Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Brant Mute Swan American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Scaup species Long-tailed Duck Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer American Oystercatcher (18) Sanderling (60) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove American Crow Horned Lark Tree Swallow (5) American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler American Tree Sparrow (12) Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird (multiple, singing) Boat-tailed Grackle (4, Captree) House Sparrow -- 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/ --
