While spending the day with my family at Fair Haven Beach State Park on Lake
Ontario in Cayuga County, I had the good fortune of spotting a WILLET flying
with a group of Ring-billed Gulls that had just been flushed off the swimming
beach at around 6:30. The group of birds flew around over the
A first-summer Arctic Tern was present at Cupsogue from 9:00-9:15 this morning,
a nice reward for Richard Fried and me, just prior to high tide. A number of
other birders had been seawatching at this time, counting upwards of 80 Cory's
Shearwaters, 3 Wilson's Storm-Petrels, a distant jaeger
I did a sea watch from Fort Tilden for a few hours this afternoon and had loads
of storm petrels. It was very difficult to say how many were out there
becausethere were so many, but on one scan I had 18 so it is fair to say that
there were at least 18 there.
Also birded Point Lookout for
This morning between 7:30 and 8:00, we saw the Hooded Crow on the beach
near the jetty at Great Kills Park. It was flushed back to the wooded area
near the parking lot three separate times by joggers and mockingbirds. It
stayed on the beach for extended periods of time throughout our
Did a seawatch for nearly an hour at Robert Moses State Park (Field 2) this
morning (8:45-9:35). Saw 10-12 Wilson's Storm-petrels during that time.
A scope was necessary to see all the birds, but a couple were near enough to
shore to provide decent looks. Unfortunately I saw no shearwaters. But
I visited 3 of my regular spots in S. Nassau today.(Sunday - July 3,
7-12PM) starting at Nickerson Beach, then Lido Passive Nature Center and
finishing up at Jones Beach West End (JBWE) with pretty much expected species
in expected numbers for around this time, with the exception an
There were at least 5 terns at Mecox Inlet this morning, the highlight being
a *Sandwich Tern *offering premium photo ops close to shore. There were
also two large terns, possibly the Caspian Terns that had been sighted there
in April? I will post photos tonight. The foreheads are "dusky",
There were at least 5 terns at Mecox Inlet this morning, the highlight being
a *Sandwich Tern *offering premium photo ops close to shore. There were
also two large terns, possibly the Caspian Terns that had been sighted there
in April? I will post photos tonight. The foreheads are dusky, unlike
I visited 3 of my regular spots in S. Nassau today.(Sunday - July 3,
7-12PM) starting at Nickerson Beach, then Lido Passive Nature Center and
finishing up at Jones Beach West End (JBWE) with pretty much expected species
in expected numbers for around this time, with the exception an
Did a seawatch for nearly an hour at Robert Moses State Park (Field 2) this
morning (8:45-9:35). Saw 10-12 Wilson's Storm-petrels during that time.
A scope was necessary to see all the birds, but a couple were near enough to
shore to provide decent looks. Unfortunately I saw no shearwaters. But
This morning between 7:30 and 8:00, we saw the Hooded Crow on the beach
near the jetty at Great Kills Park. It was flushed back to the wooded area
near the parking lot three separate times by joggers and mockingbirds. It
stayed on the beach for extended periods of time throughout our
I did a sea watch from Fort Tilden for a few hours this afternoon and had loads
of storm petrels. It was very difficult to say how many were out there
becausethere were so many, but on one scan I had 18 so it is fair to say that
there were at least 18 there.
Also birded Point Lookout for
A first-summer Arctic Tern was present at Cupsogue from 9:00-9:15 this morning,
a nice reward for Richard Fried and me, just prior to high tide. A number of
other birders had been seawatching at this time, counting upwards of 80 Cory's
Shearwaters, 3 Wilson's Storm-Petrels, a distant jaeger
While spending the day with my family at Fair Haven Beach State Park on Lake
Ontario in Cayuga County, I had the good fortune of spotting a WILLET flying
with a group of Ring-billed Gulls that had just been flushed off the swimming
beach at around 6:30. The group of birds flew around over the
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