I led a field trip this weekend for the New York State Ornithological Association to various Long Island birding spots. Our preliminary species total for the weekend was 114 species. The highlight was undoubtedly a male Golden-winged Warbler seen well by all on Sunday at Alley Park, Queens County. Other highlights follow.
Saturday September 27: Jones Beach West End - 1 juvenile American Golden Plover, 450 American Oystercatchers, 1 Royal Tern, 8 Pine Siskins. Cedar Beach Marina, Town of Babylon, Suffolk County - 115 Great Egrets. Robert Moses State Park, Suffolk County - 3 Royal Terns Route 105 Sod Fields, Riverhead, Suffolk County - 1 American Golden Plover, 14 Turkey Vultures. Edwards Av. Sod Field, 1/4 mile north of Route 25 on west side - 8 American Golden Plovers, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, 10 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 30 Turkey Vultures. Sunday September 28: Alley Park - Golden-winged warbler, Worm-eating Warbler (late), Cape May Warbler. Jamaica Bay, East Pond - continuing drake Eurasian Wigeon, 125 Snowy Egrets, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper Thanks to all who participated and to my co-leader, Mary Normandia. Seth Ausubel Forest Hills, NY -- 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/ --
