A full birding day: 4 September After a short walk around Alley Pond Park produced a smattering of birds, but nothing out of the ordinary, Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) traveled out to the riverhead sod fields. There at the"Osborn/Sound Ave" field we found 3 dozen KILLDEER, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and a tight group of 48 GOLDEN PLOVERS. We also saw a soaring TURKEY VULTURE.
Since we live on the south shore, we elected to travel home that way. Once decided, it was a small detour to check in at the Pikes Beach bayside lot where we found a single ROYAL TERN on a bar. (Note: It's now past Labor Day and so no more parking fees). A short drive to Cupsogue and we were walking out through the camper lot and around to the bay. Across to the bar were a mix of shorebirds and a dozen ROYAL TERNS. To our right and across to the mud flats were 2 feeding MARBLED GODWITS. A third bird was way to our right feeding in the water on the far side of an island. 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/ --
