Yesterday we tallied 83 species at Fort Tilden's Battery Harris Platform, our second best year ever. New additions to our cumulative list were Snow Goose, Field Sparrow, Cape May Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Brown Pelican, and Common Nighthawk.
Other highlights included a great dolphin show all morning, Humpback Whale spouts, a flyover Dickcissel, a hooting Great Horned Owl at both dawn and dusk, two fresh Black Swallowtails that spent most of the afternoon around the platform, and three Eastern Meadowlarks. We didn't miss any species that we had never missed: our biggest miss was Brant, which we had only missed one previous year, followed by Chimney Swift and White-breasted Nuthatch, which are now batting .500. We had a great crowd of birders throughout the day and I don't think we missed much. Considering the relatively weak winds out of the northwest that died by noon and the lack of a finch flight this year I think we did really well. Thanks to everyone who came out to find some birds and especially to those who brought snacks. (We might have had too many snacks this year!) Blog Post: http://www.10000birds.com/sixth-annual-queens-county-bird-club-big-sit-an-amazing-success.htm eBird list: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60594643 Good Birding, Corey Finger -- 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/ --
