Jones Beach West End 8 June I met Bob Anderson at the Coast Guard Station. The storm brought nothing to the site. We then walked out to the inlet. Ditto. There was an immature RING-NECKED PHEASANT on the lawn of the entrance road to the station. Presumably, we have a breeding pair on the west end.
The swale, now a big lake, had about 40 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER feeding on the east edge. . A female GADWALL flew out of the "lake" as we approached.The upper area is roped off and appears to have a Least Tern colony, as there were many resting on the sand. Down on the beach, there were 5-6 second? year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. Nothing was visible over the ocean. Returning to the marina, we found 50 shorebirds on the bar, half and half SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and RED KNOT. Other shorebirds seen today included PIPING PLOVER, KILLDEER, 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER and WILLET. 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/ --
