We birded West End this morning (Saturday), first attempting to do a walking loop from WE2 down to the TR Nature Center and back. The tide was high and ocean water was washing over the beach into the low lying areas in the back dunes, so we were unable to complete the loop. We walked back to WE2 marina where we observed the continuing Marbled Godwit, along with two Western Willets, one Ruddy Turnstone, and thirty-five Red Knot. The passerine flight was not particularly impressive but there were some sizable flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds going by. At Field 6, Jones Beach we found an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and a sizable concentration of Scoters (mostly Black) that we estimated at about 700 birds. In the Zach's Bay picnic area (opposite Field 6 on the north side of the Ocean Parkway) we kicked up a spiffy-looking Lark Sparrow at about 1:00PM.
Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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/ --
