At about 8:30 this morning at Smith Point County Park in Suffolk County I found a single Northern Shrike in the area between the National Seashore boardwalk and the bay. It perched briefly on the tops of trees and shrubs 3 times, then it disappeared. I ran into Carl Starace and Dick Belanger and we went on a shrike hunt - finally the bird reappeared twice, the last time about 10:30 in a pine tree adjacent to the fence along the western edge of the ballfield/playground area just north of the National Seashore building.
In two hours I saw this bird 5 times for a total of about a minute, so good luck if you go. Also of interest to me were a cooperative Merlin, 6 Green-winged Teal, and perhaps 60 Bufflehead. Richard Kaskan Shoreham, NY -- kas...@ieee.org (512) 748-8660 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
