We began the morning’s birding at Robert Moses State Park, where a sea watch produced four Wilson’s Storm Petrels but not much else. There were a total of four Lesser Black-backed Gulls in RMSP Fields 2 & 5. After a few unproductive stops we headed west to Jones Beach State Park/West End 2. Bob Anderson told us that he had seen two Black Terns feeding in Jones Inlet off the jetty so we headed down the beach. On the way down the beach we had two Black Terns, with an additional twelve feeding in the inlet with Laughing Gulls and Common Terns. Also present on the beach were four Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Rainfall was very spotty, with Robert Moses State Park showing a good number of parking lot puddles, while at Heckscher State Park rainfall seemed more modest (although there were good numbers of mosquitoes). We never got down to the ponds between WE2 and the Nature Center, so we are unsure of how much rain coastal Nassau County received.
Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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/ --
