At about 6:15am during my morning walk at the Rocky Point DEC property (about here if you are keeping score: 40.939831, -72.909014) I heard a familiar call overhead, albeit one I haven't heard much since leaving Austin Texas a few years ago. It stumped me for a second, but I then I looked straight up to see three Upland Sandpipers fairly high, heading roughly West. Very cool.
This was species number 146 on my big-year-of-birds-seen-while-walking-from-the-house, and it might just edge out Rough-legged Hawk as the bird of the year. I'm still thinking about it. Richard Kaskan Shoreham, NY -- kas...@ieee.org (512) 748-8660 -- 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/ --
