It was a relatively quiet morning at Hempstead Lake State Park this morning, with a meager ten species of warblers. Highlights were our FOY Magnolia Warbler and a singing Worm-eating Warbler on the horse trail. Two Solitary Sandpipers were along the north end of the creek. Two Yellow-billed Cuckoos were reported by others.
Bird-wise, a similar scenario played out at West End, Jones Beach State Park, where the mosquitoes outnumbered the birds. We were treated, however to a male Hooded Warbler showing briefly on the north side of the median west of the entrance to the Coast Guard Station. On our way home we encountered a male Summer Tanager feeding on the south shoulder of the parkway east of the entrance to Parking Field 6. This represents the fourth Summer Tanager (all males) we have observed this Spring on the barrier beach (2 Fire, 2 Jones) - the most we have seen in any Spring on the barrier beach. Cheers, Ken & Sue Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
