Hi All, Anthony Collerton and I hit up various spots along the south shore of Long Island this late morning and afternoon. Though we did not encounter any Jaegers or Roseate Terns, by far the most unexpected find was an adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE moving east very close to shore at about 11:30, seen on the ocean side of Mecox Bay. 10 BLACK SCOTER, at least 10 RED-THROATED LOONS, and 4 LEAST TERNS, among the more numerous COMMON LOON and NORTHERN GANNETS. On the inside of Mecox bay we had a single BONAPARTE'S GULL (still in non-breeding plumage), a single PIPING PLOVER, DUNLIN and SANDERLING.
All of this was after we had the CATTLE EGRET at the Mecox Bay Dairy. Just around the corner from there, 2 male ORCHARD ORIOLES were singing on Halsey Lane. We had at least 12 COMMON EIDER in Shinnecock Bay, and the COMMON RAVEN near its nest in Hampton Bays. Dune Road was rather quiet, but did hold a handful of SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, WILLETS and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS as well as SALTMARSH SPARROW, CLAPPER RAIL and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. At Jones Beach we were treated to two GULL-BILLED TERNS at the Coast Guard Station around 5:30 pm. Good Birding, Jacob Drucker Manhattan, NY/Amherst, MA -- 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/ --
