[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Cedar Beach, Southold (Suffolk Co.)
Saturday afternoon I found 3 WHIMBREL on the low tide flats and bars at Cedar Beach in Southold. Only a small number of other southbound migrant shorebirds were present, including ~12 Least and a few Semipalmated sandpipers, among the locally breeding Willet and Oystercatchers. The Least Tern nesting colony was well populated (at least 50 birds). Later, at Arshamomaque Preserve (5:45-7:30), I saw two of the previously reported LEAST BITTERN family group--both were juveniles. They spent an extended amount of time perched in cattails and Marsh Mallow growing at the edge of the pond, where they engaged in some preening. They eventually clambered back out of sight into the vegetation, only to re-emerge and fly a short distance, only one remaining visible after landing. It too soon melted back into the reeds. John Gluth Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel at Cedar Beach, Southold (Suffolk Co.)
Saturday afternoon I found 3 WHIMBREL on the low tide flats and bars at Cedar Beach in Southold. Only a small number of other southbound migrant shorebirds were present, including ~12 Least and a few Semipalmated sandpipers, among the locally breeding Willet and Oystercatchers. The Least Tern nesting colony was well populated (at least 50 birds). Later, at Arshamomaque Preserve (5:45-7:30), I saw two of the previously reported LEAST BITTERN family group--both were juveniles. They spent an extended amount of time perched in cattails and Marsh Mallow growing at the edge of the pond, where they engaged in some preening. They eventually clambered back out of sight into the vegetation, only to re-emerge and fly a short distance, only one remaining visible after landing. It too soon melted back into the reeds. John Gluth Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
