An orange, olive, yellow and some red SUMMER TANAGER showed up in Hempstead Lake SP this morning. A rather odd bizarre looking bird. I've never seen one in this transitional plumage before. Otherwise, the migration here is still slow.
At Nickerson Beach, PIPING PLOVER and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER nests are circled by cages and roped off areas, No Skimmers yet. However, about 300+ COMMON TERNS are getting ready to set up housekeeping. No nesting yet since there were no dive bombing birds, a hazard a bit later in the season. Sy Schiff -- 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/ --
