[nysbirds-l] Riverhead, LI area sightings - mornign of 9/6/14.
Relying on directions in Bob Adamo's postings from 9/6 and 8/28, Brian Whipple and I observed the following in the Riverhead area this morning: We started at the sod field on the west side of Route 105, just south of Sound Ave, Riverhead, where we found an American Golden Plover and a Baird's Sandpiper among a loose flock of about 20 Killdeer. They were north of the fire hydrant which has been mentioned in other posts but in that same field, giving excellent scope views. Encouraged by other birders whom we met at the sod field, we then went to the "farm pond" described in Bob's email of 8/28 which is located on the south side of Sound Ave, west of Osborne Ave, between Oakleigh Avenue and Warner Drive, Baiting Hollow. There we were able to scope 4 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 4 Killdeer, a Least Sandpiper, a Western Sandpiper and 2 other peeps - probably Semipalmated Sandpipers. Finally, we followed Bob's more complete directions in the 9/6 email to a farm road near the intersection of Route 51 and Co Rd. 111, Eastport, where we had 2 first winter Blue Grosbeaks on the same fence Bob described. Debbie Martin -- 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] Riverhead, LI area sightings - mornign of 9/6/14.
Relying on directions in Bob Adamo's postings from 9/6 and 8/28, Brian Whipple and I observed the following in the Riverhead area this morning: We started at the sod field on the west side of Route 105, just south of Sound Ave, Riverhead, where we found an American Golden Plover and a Baird's Sandpiper among a loose flock of about 20 Killdeer. They were north of the fire hydrant which has been mentioned in other posts but in that same field, giving excellent scope views. Encouraged by other birders whom we met at the sod field, we then went to the farm pond described in Bob's email of 8/28 which is located on the south side of Sound Ave, west of Osborne Ave, between Oakleigh Avenue and Warner Drive, Baiting Hollow. There we were able to scope 4 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 4 Killdeer, a Least Sandpiper, a Western Sandpiper and 2 other peeps - probably Semipalmated Sandpipers. Finally, we followed Bob's more complete directions in the 9/6 email to a farm road near the intersection of Route 51 and Co Rd. 111, Eastport, where we had 2 first winter Blue Grosbeaks on the same fence Bob described. Debbie Martin -- 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/ --
