I birded the Sands Point Preserve this morning from 8-10. There was quite a bit of migratory movement. Both kinglets were numerous as were Cedar Waxwing and Hermit Thrush. Warblers were limited to Palm, Yellow-rumped, and a single Black-throated Blue. Sparrows were well represented by Song, White-throated, and Chipping, plus single White-crowned and Field, and a bonus of 2 Lincoln’s. Winter Wren was also present.
After the preserve, I walked along the beach to East Creek where I found the previously posted Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Still trying to upload video to an old Flickr account (what an awful web service this is). Brant were very numerous with over 1000 sitting on the out going tide mudflats, with several hundred more flying east to west in small flocks all morning. I photographed one individual with a curious white spot on the head behind the eye. It seemed to be acting different from the others, too. Nothing else on the sound save gulls and cormorants. A bonus to the flycatcher was 3 American Pipits feeding on the beach, along with several Savannah Sparrows. Hawks were curiously absent today. 2 local Red-tails were all I could find. Glenn Quinn Hauppauge, NY --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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/ --
