I drove over to WE2 late this morning to see what impact our recent blizzard had on the area and size up the birdng possibilities for the Saturday Southern Nassau CBC. The WE2 parking lot was open and easily navigable. There was a considerable amount of open ground, as the high blizzard winds appeared to sweep the snow off the parking lots and roads. Feeding on the median and shoulders were many Yellow-rumped Warblers, three American Pipits, five Horned Larks, and fifteen Snow Buntings. Also present were Black-bellied Plovers and Killdeer. An unexpected American Bittern flew across the median, and two Boat-tailed Grackles were feeding along the shore of the Boat Basin.
At RMSP Field 5 there were ten Horned Larks, two Snow Buntings and a single Lapland Longspur feeding in the center of the traffic circle. Ken 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/ --
