I had the pleasure of visiting my old stomping grounds with some old friends at the Cabanas at Point Lookout today. Of course, I took a walk to Nickerson Beach to check out the Colonies, where there are still plenty of Black Skimmers and Common Terns around along with plenty of young birds. A real surprise was a Western Willet running around on the beach in front of the Colony with a few Sanderling and a Ruddy Turnstone. - Seemed really odd, allowing close approach while feeding. Eventually it took off to the west when typical beach activity got to be too much for it. Pretty neat.....I wonder if this bird may have something to do with the recent reports of Franklin's Gulls in the area?
Bobby Berlingeri Elmont, N.Y. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
