First, thank you to those of you who contacted me off line and expressed an interest in signing the petition on saving the *Putnam Trail in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx*. If you had an issue getting to the petition page, please try this link http://www.savetheputnamtrail.com/petition/
Now to my field day report, with many thanks to Anthony Collerton who shared intel on the presence of the Barrow's and the Iceland Gull: A day of birding out East mostly in Suffolk County, with my friend Andria, netted a number of continuing goodies. Our highlights included: *WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS* @ Kirk Park, a flock of 17 that included both males and females with the latter being the dominant presence. Quite a surprise since I would have thought that the seeds from the cones at Kirk Park would have all been harvested by now with the many CROSSBILLS reports from the area. *2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS* - 1 immature and 1 non breeding adult seen on Montauk Lake; I was able to snag digiscope shots of the ad nonbr.. *1 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE* - on Montauk Lake *(Continuing Drake).* *1 ICELAND (Kumlien) GULL* - on the beach near West Jetty, Montauk *1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* - Napeague, Montauk *Dune Road:* *1 AMERICAN BITTERN*, nicely picked out by Andria in a ditch between Triton and Dolphin Lanes on Dune Road. I should add that I was very disappointed at the lack of Scoters and Common Eiders at Montauk Point (viewed from both the restaurant and from Camp Hero). My earlier observations this season also documented low Scoter and Eider numbers, in addition to the small numbers of Northern Gannets and Loons as well. Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
