I haven't been posting because plenty of others have, but I've been back to my local "patch" to check on the Kentucky Warbler each day since I first reported it - I'm pleased to say that it was still singing away this morning during my brief stop just before 6am. The Kentucky occupies an area that mostly overlaps the area where a Hooded Warbler hung out singing last year 10 June through 7 July. It is a good spot - I'm able to go there a lot because it is practically in my back yard. In the five years I've lived on Long Island I've detected 146 species in this area, including 32 wood-warblers - pretty good for me for a place with essentially no water.
I visited Smith Point County Park after checking on the warbler - for those who need a June Glaucous Gull the first-summer bird first reported by Michael McBrien on 22 May is still hanging around. Until this morning I've always seen it in the parking lot, but today I saw it on the beach just West of the western terminus of the boardwalk that starts at the National Seashore building. 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/ --
