Joe Giunta led a joint Brooklyn Botanical Garden and Brooklyn Bird Club field trip to Jones Beach and Pt Lookout. Starting at the Coast Guard Station, the bar was home to AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, DUNLIN and a MARBLED GODWIT. In the inlet were LONG-TAILED DUCK, COMMON and RED-THROATED LOONS, BONAPARTE'S and LAUGHING GULLS..
A VESPER SPARROW was on the lawn inside the Coast Guard Station lawn closest to the water, Just before the road there were HERMIT THRUSH, VARIOUS SPARROWS, JUNCOS and an EASTERN TOWHEE. The pines had PINE SISKIN, PURPLE FINCH and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. Raptors included NORTHERN HARRIER and all three FALCON species. A COMMON GROUND DOVE was on the edge of the grass bordering the road just past the turn off to the Coast Guard Station being viewed by a large number of birders. The group proceeded to join them. When the dove flew off the group entered the median. Both KINGLETS were seen and Warblers included PALM, PINE, YELLOW-RUMPED and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. There were BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS in the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD flock on the ground plus a single EASTERN MEADOWLARK.along the road. Walking through the West End #2 lot to the swale, we passed 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. The upper swale had a group of HORNED LARKS. At the water's edge, a sea watch found a line of BLACK SCOTERS and lots of NORTHERN GANNETS. At Pt. Lookout, the middle jetty had a single PURPLE SANDPIPER visible at the end and SANDERLING at the water's edge.. Again lots of GANNETS. Nine FORSTER'S TERNS flew by. Total species for the day - 60 Sy Schiff (for the group) -- 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/ --
