The staging Oystercatchers at the West End (Jones Beach) Coast Guard "island" have been at least temporarily replaced by Black Skimmers -- at least 300. I started counting and reached 120 when kayakers flushed the flick, which dispersed. Earlier, at 3:45, the (quite bright) Dickcissel was conspicuous at the picnic area at Field 2, Robert Moses State Park. It was perched up like a shrike. Neither the Clay-colored nor the Lark Sparrow was in evidence, at an admittedly suboptimal hour to be looking for them. Doug Futuyma
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