Joe Giunta and I (SY Schiff) flushed a SRARP-SHINNED HAWK as we entered the road into the parking lot. We checked out the bar at the Coast Guard marina on a dreary, overcast morning. Lots of birds until a PEREGRINE FALCON made a pass and they all flew off. Three MARBLED GODWIT continue. Others included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, DUNLIN, SANDERLING, 7 RED KNOT and a pair of 3rd or 4th year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. Lots of DOUBLE-CREASTED CORMORANT but no Oystercatchers.
Driving over to West End #2, we walked down to the ocean. On the beach we found another pair (or maybe the same ones from the bar) LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. They were disrupted by the same or another PEREGRINE FALCON. It flew by us and landed close by on some debris on the upper beach. Great photo op. The water was full of BLACK and SURF plus 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. A steady stream of NORTHER GANNETS and gulls moved through from east to west along with numerous gulls. The gulls included a few LAUGHING GULLS. Returning to the car, a group of 3 dozen SNOW BUNTINGS flew over the swale and over our heads in the parking lot. Also a pair of NORTHERN HARRIERS were cruising over the dunes. Nice end to the birding day 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/ --
