After receiving the original email from Rob Longiaru (thanks Rob!) I arrived at Nickerson Beach to find Bob Anderson already there, with Bob Proniewicz arriving soon afterward. The birds possessed no bands on their legs, and as evidenced by their eventual departure, a clear ability to fly. All hind toes appeared to be present, though I'm sure that others with better photographs can substantiate this. Additionally, they were extremely wary of people and displayed alert posture whenever anyone approached within about 100 feet. As Brendan said, their flight was low, leaving the possibility that they are still in the area.
Photos, albeit of poor quality, are in this eBird checklist and my flickr account: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24340116 https://www.flickr.com/photos/bebirder/ Also worth noting in the area was a Tricolored Heron at Captree Island (no White-faced Ibis) Good Birding Brent Bomkamp Northport, 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/ --
