After Dennis Hrehowsik's initial report this morning there continued to be a nice trickle of Cave Swallows at Coney Island throughout the day. The birds were moving from east to west.
At one point Keir Randall, Josh Malbin and I watched a flock of 9 near W. 24th St. and the boardwalk. There are two buildings at that location, a senior residence and a tall apartment building. In addition to offering a break to very strong north-west winds, there appeared to be some insects present indicated by the swallows foraging behavior. There were still reports from that spot as recently as 3:15pm. Good birding, Rob Sent via magneto wall phone -- 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/ --
