[nysbirds-l] LI Birding: Oak Beach: No Eared Grebe - Hempstead Lake: 5 sp. Swallow day
This morning, I birded a bit on the Island of Long after a couple of quick
stops in Queens seemed to indicate the volume of new arrivals was quite low.
Starting with Oak Beach, I spent almost two hours until the tide was dropping
but could not pin down the Eared Grebe. Continuing my recent luck with
White-winged Gulls. I pulled out an Iceland Gull that dropped in on the sand
spit looking East from the Fisherman's Parking lot. I managed to shoot a couple
of poor backlit digiscope photos for anyone interested.
I did a drive by through Jones Beach West End but saw no need to shoot anything
since it was quiet. Even the sand bar by the Coast Guard was non eventful save
for a family of Clamers.
At Hempstead Lake, I had a good run starting with the sweet sounds and then
views of Rusty Blackbirds. I heard more birds than seen and added migrants like
Palm and Pine Warblers + both Kinglets before reaching the lake.
The south lake was quite active with Swallows. In two hours of sorting through
the activity, I tallied the following: As expected, the numbers were dominated
by Tree Swallows an estimated 50, 5 Barn Swallows, 3 at McDonald's Pond - hard
to tell if they were moving between that location and the lake as I had 2 there
as well (I am going with 3), 2 Bank Swallows, 3 Northern Rough-winged and 1
Cliff...possibly 2 were there.
On my way out near the picnic areas, I had a couple of Hermit Thrushes.
Overall, not quite as active, still an enjoyable day.
"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today." ~
William Allen White
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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[nysbirds-l] LI Birding: Oak Beach: No Eared Grebe - Hempstead Lake: 5 sp. Swallow day
This morning, I birded a bit on the Island of Long after a couple of quick
stops in Queens seemed to indicate the volume of new arrivals was quite low.
Starting with Oak Beach, I spent almost two hours until the tide was dropping
but could not pin down the Eared Grebe. Continuing my recent luck with
White-winged Gulls. I pulled out an Iceland Gull that dropped in on the sand
spit looking East from the Fisherman's Parking lot. I managed to shoot a couple
of poor backlit digiscope photos for anyone interested.
I did a drive by through Jones Beach West End but saw no need to shoot anything
since it was quiet. Even the sand bar by the Coast Guard was non eventful save
for a family of Clamers.
At Hempstead Lake, I had a good run starting with the sweet sounds and then
views of Rusty Blackbirds. I heard more birds than seen and added migrants like
Palm and Pine Warblers + both Kinglets before reaching the lake.
The south lake was quite active with Swallows. In two hours of sorting through
the activity, I tallied the following: As expected, the numbers were dominated
by Tree Swallows an estimated 50, 5 Barn Swallows, 3 at McDonald's Pond - hard
to tell if they were moving between that location and the lake as I had 2 there
as well (I am going with 3), 2 Bank Swallows, 3 Northern Rough-winged and 1
Cliff...possibly 2 were there.
On my way out near the picnic areas, I had a couple of Hermit Thrushes.
Overall, not quite as active, still an enjoyable day.
"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today." ~
William Allen White
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
> (__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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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:
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