[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, Sunday, November 8, 2009, incl about 200 Common Eiders
Barbara Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) went to the Coast Guard Station (CGS), West End 2 (out to the jetty) and a brief stop at the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center (TRNC). The most noteworthy finding was a huge raft of Common Eiders that spread on both sides of the jetty. We did not see any terns at all. Ardith Bondi Red-throated Loon (10) Common Loon (2) Northern Gannet (offshore) Double-crested Cormorant Canada Goose Brant American Black Duck Common Eider (200+) Surf Scoter (one flew by at the jetty) Long-tailed Duck (CGS) Red-breasted Merganser (2, CGS) Northern Harrier (TRNC) Merlin Black-bellied Plover American Oystercatcher (still large numbers at the CGS) Greater Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone (CGS and on the jetty) Sanderling Dunlin Laughing Gull (a couple at the CGS) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon American Crow Northern Mockingbird Yellow-rumped Warbler (quite a few) Savannah Sparrow (TRNC) Song Sparrow Snow Bunting (2 flocks of about 20, each) -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, Sunday, November 8, 2009, incl about 200 Common Eiders
Barbara Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi) went to the Coast Guard Station (CGS), West End 2 (out to the jetty) and a brief stop at the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center (TRNC). The most noteworthy finding was a huge raft of Common Eiders that spread on both sides of the jetty. We did not see any terns at all. Ardith Bondi Red-throated Loon (10) Common Loon (2) Northern Gannet (offshore) Double-crested Cormorant Canada Goose Brant American Black Duck Common Eider (200+) Surf Scoter (one flew by at the jetty) Long-tailed Duck (CGS) Red-breasted Merganser (2, CGS) Northern Harrier (TRNC) Merlin Black-bellied Plover American Oystercatcher (still large numbers at the CGS) Greater Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone (CGS and on the jetty) Sanderling Dunlin Laughing Gull (a couple at the CGS) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon American Crow Northern Mockingbird Yellow-rumped Warbler (quite a few) Savannah Sparrow (TRNC) Song Sparrow Snow Bunting (2 flocks of about 20, each) -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --