Jones Beach Coast Guard Station 28 July Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) spent the morning overlooking the bar in front of the marina. As the tide increased, small numbers of shorebirds arrived till there were in excess of a hundred. The mix included a dozen Willet, both Semipalmated Plover and Sandpiper, a few Least Sandpiper, Sanderling with some still in bright breeding plumage and Short-billed Dowitchers.
We watched Common Terns fishing and then feeding young with their catches. Other terns included Least Tern, a GULL-BILLED TERN hawking insects above the extensive low tide bar and an adult and young ROYAL TERN that dropped in momentarily until spooked by a pair of youngsters who landed on the island by floating raft. Others included the 4 common gull species, fly by Black Skimmer and over flying Osprey and Peregrine Falcon. The 16 Black Scoters continue. Sy -- 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/ --
