A couple of quick addition to Doug's sighting at Nickerson Beach, Nassau County. Nickerson is slowly accumulating its breeding terns and skimmers. At least one pair of Gull-billed Tern have been visiting the colony lately. Yesterday there was a ratty lookin' 3rd cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull on the beach near Point Lookout, and today a Whimbrel made a pass in the same area.
Best, Brendan On Friday, May 23, 2014 4:27 PM, d Futuyma <dfutu...@gmail.com> wrote: A sea watch at RMSP from 1:30 to 2:15 yielded 1 Sooty Shearwater, a group of 3 Black Terns, 2 Gannets, and ca. 25 Black Scoters. At Nickerson Beach west of Point Lookout, birds in the beach at the Common Tern colony included ca. 78 Black Skimmers and 2 Black Terns. A Gull-billed Tern came in and almost immediately left, as did one of the Black Terns, when an official drive past on an ATV. Doug Futuyma stony Brook Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
