Jones Beach 10 Feb Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) met at the Coast Guard Station. The lot was plowed out as were Fields 6 and 10, but West End 2 was not except for a path through the lot. Last night's snow was powdery and blowing in the sharp breeze. It covered a 6 inch remnant of prior storms. Moving about was for snow shoes or skis, certainly not mere mortals on foot. There were NO open grass patches anywhere, everything covered with snow except for the cleared roads.
Land birds consisted of a couple of Yellow-rumped Warblers seen from the car and separate flocks of House Finch and House Sparrows. On the water, there were Brant, Black Ducks, Long-tailed Ducks, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Loon and a female COMMON GOLDENEYE in the boat basin, the latter being very unusual at this spot. To the west of West End #2 we saw 3 Northern Harrier patrolling. Over at Field 6, there were Bonaparte's Gulls resting at the water's edge. No seals at Field 10 and few gulls. 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/ --
