On Dune Road this morning there was not a lot of bird activity, and the marsh looked ravaged by the recent storms and high tides. I had my FOY Eastern Willet, as well as a slightly early Eastern Kingbird. A flock of thirty Common Eider are still present at Shinnecock Inlet. At Mecox Inlet the two Caspian Terns continue. Also present was a single Laughing Gull, American Oystercatcher (2) and a few Tree Swallows. At Sag Pond a single Caspian Tern was observed, and the Lesser Black-backed Gull is still present. At Enterprise Park at Calverton Pine Warblers were singing in the Pitch Pines in and around the old airport. Eastern Meadowlarks were also present, and I counted fifteen American Kestrels hunting in the fields around the airport runways.
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