After a couple hours of searching for the WFIB while birding the Timber Point/Hecksher vicinity, I decided to check the extensive marshland just east of Timber Point, on the other side of the Connetquot River. I finally came across the WFIB and 28 accompanying ibis circling low over the Ludlow Creek marsh in Oakdale around 2:45pm. It appeared that the birds had taken off from immediately to the west (possibly from the marsh off Blue Point Rd). After a few minutes, the flock continued off, tracking low and eastward over the former Bourne Estate. I searched the West Sayville Golf Course and marsh just to the east, where there is extensive prime habitat to no avail. Other highlights locally included a Louisiana Waterthrush in the upland wet creek at Ludlow, the larids and shorebirds noted by Shai earlier as well as 4 additional Lesser Black-backs at Robert Moses this morning and a white-winged gull closely resembling a putative Nelson's Gull at Hecksher. Best,Mike McBrienEast Patchogue, NY
-----Original Message----- From: Lisa Nasta <lisa.na...@gmail.com> To: Michael Cooper <mike5...@icloud.com>; Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> Cc: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> Sent: Mon, Apr 15, 2019 6:41 pm Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] White-faced Ibis++ Suffolk County, Long Island I visited less than hour ago from 5:45pm to 6:05pm and did not see any Ibis during that time. 13 Greater Yellowlegs and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs continued plus 2 Dunlin. All were Between one puddle on the fairway closest to the East Marina and another active puddle on the fairway near the west marina. Regards,Lisa Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, April 15, 2019, 4:30 PM, Michael Cooper <mike5...@icloud.com> wrote: Any updates since 10:48 this morning? Thanks Mike Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 15, 2019, at 10:48 AM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > wrote: > > An adult White-faced Ibis in breeding plumage was among a group of Glossy > Ibises that dropped in at Timber Point Golf Course, Great River, Suffolk > County, Long Island this morning. > > I would ask anybody seeking to see this bird to exercise maximum discretion > in terms of avoiding conflict with the maintenance crew, golfers, and boat > owners. > > The flock of 29 birds initially came in from the west and circled the > fairways several times before continuing eastwards, but they must have > returned because as I was leaving the East Marina, I found them feeding on > the fairway to the north of the connector road that links the East Marina to > the entrance road. > > Also of note at Timber Point were more than a dozen Greater Yellowlegs, a > couple of Lessers, and an early Willet (and also at least 600 Bufflehead in > the bay). > > At nearby Heckscher SP the drop-ins included four Bonaparte's Gulls and four > adult-ish Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and, per Ken Feustel, Least Sandpiper. > The LBBGs were calling and displaying and I was able to get some video. > > Photos of the WFIB and video of the LBBGs will be posted shortly to here: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/96951581@N02/ > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
