Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) found the NORTHERN SHRIKE to the north-west of the Jones Beach West End parking lot. While scoping for the shrike we saw a large flock of SNOW BUNTINGS flying along the beach. To the west a NORTHERN HARRIER was hunting and the sky contained a half dozen TREE SWALLOWS
At Pt. Lookout, the west most jetty was surrounded by COMMON EIDER. A RUDDY TURNSTONE and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER were at the end. About 600 DUNLIN flew east as we looked. But, best of all was a late PIPING PLOVER intermixed with SANDERLING on the beach. -- 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/ --
