Along Hulse Landing Road in Wading River in Suffolk County (about here: 40.944971,-72.801592) I found a nice group of sparrows at about 11:45 this morning. They were mostly White-throated and White-crowned (12 of the latter) with smaller numbers of Song, Savannah, American Tree, and a single Clay-colored Sparrow, my bird of the day. There were at least two Common Redpolls in with this group; an American Kestrel was hunting along the road just south of this location. While we are on sparrows, I found a nice "Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow earlier that morning at Cupsogue Beach County Park.
I stopped by Eastport Lake to look at ducks around 9:30am - sprinkled in among the others I found 26 Canvasback, 2 Redheads, and one each Wood Duck and Northern Pintail. 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/ --
