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[mailto:bounce-121668408-77813...@list.cornell.edu]On Behalf Of Robert Lewis
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:13 AM
To: Ken Feustel ; NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Cupsogue County Park Birds (Suffolk Co.)
I was there yesterday too and
I was there yesterday too and also saw many birds out of reach way to the north
and northwest (from the usual access point, a short walk from the parking lot).
Does anyone know if it's possible to rent a small boat somewhere nearby and
get to those sandbars and islands?
Bob LewisSleepy Hollow
We spent five hours on the flats at Cupsogue yesterday morning, covering both
outgoing and incoming tides. Highlights were seventeen species of shorebirds
including a single Whimbrel and four Pectoral Sandpipers. Terns of interest
were Royal Terns(11), Black Tern (1), Roseate Tern (1) and Forst
Sue and I spent the morning birding the flats at Cupsogue Co. Park, where the
number and variety of shorebirds (fifteen species) were a big improvement over
last weekend. Our day stared off with a flyby Royal Tern, our first of the
year. While scanning the flats a lone Stilt Sandpiper flew in, s