Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went to Heckscher SP after a brief stop at Jones Beach (20 + Surf Scoter still in inlet seen from parking lot and a Lesser Black-backed Gull on West End lot).
Field #7 at Heckscher was filled with large puddles and is surrounded with grassy lawn, perfect shorebird habitat. Except for Merlin, Cooper’s and Red-tailed Hawks scaring the birds, viewing was close up from the car. Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, Dunlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher. No Golden Plover seen. Field #6 also had a large puddle in the picnic area, no shorebirds except Killdeer but Canada Geese, Mallard, Black Duck, Gadwall, Green and Blue-winged Teal. Sy Sent from Mail for Windows 10 -- 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/ --
