Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo, Joe Viglietta and I (Sy Schiff) spent the morning at Jones Beach.
A quiet day; DOWNY, HAIRY, FLICKER, BROWN CREEPER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the pines. WHITE-THROATED, SONG and JUNCOS on the ground; YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS everywhere.. So a bit slow today, if you're not a tree. The first RED-NECKED GREBE of the season appeared in the inlet. A COOPER'S HAWK seems to be hanging around. Small flocks of PINE SISKIN (about 150 in all) were in the air.and some landed at the turnaround. Others reported the lingering MARBLED GODWIT on the bar at the Coast Guard Station. A seawatch by Joe G. and I from field #6 mid-morning found NORTHERN GANNETS, about 600 per hour, streaming west; while small flocks of Scoters were moving east. Get together guys. No clouds to the north, but a lovely "mackerel sky" over the ocean. Rain is coming, but for today, weather was great. 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/ --
