During a Piping Plover survey in Queens, I observed a Glaucous Gull at Breezy Point. On the bayside at the same location, I came across 7 Tree Swallows who were hunkered down on the beach getting sand blasted and probably wondering why they bothered migrating. There were small flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds on the move with smaller number of Common Grackles in the mix.
Stops at Fort Tilden and Riis Park were non productive. At Rocky Point Marsh, I had one American Oystercatcher and 13 American Wigeon. A shorter than usual stop at Idlewild Park, netted 9 Wood Ducks and 13 Killdeers. Over at Brookville Park, the notables were 5 Greater Yellowlegs up from 4 and 1 Wood Duck. Later at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, 1 Osprey was seen checking out the platform in the south marsh. I looked for and did not see any Barrow's; in fact, I could not find any Common Goldeneye in Pumpkin Channel which has opened up quite a bit. Cheers, -- 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.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/ --
