Just returned from a couple of hours birding the Napeague/Lazy Point area east
of Amagansett on a perfect night:
3-4 Chuck-Wills-Widows (heard from the intersection of Lazy Point Road and
Crassen Boulevard and along the western section of Napeague Meadow Road); 7-9
Whip-Poor-Wills (all along La
I spent a full day out east on Long Island today doing mostly scouting for
some upstate friends who will be visiting to bird in the area. While I did
not pull out anything other than the expected species for this time of the
year, I did thoroughly enjoy searching.
Starting at Cupsogue this AM, whe
Also, add very large quantities of Black Skimmers to the list.
On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Avery Scott (SkyOfBirds) <
wingedwond...@scottopia.com> wrote:
> I saw both the Gull-billed Tern and Piping Plover (on nest) that had been
> previously reported at Nickerson today. Also present were La
I saw both the Gull-billed Tern and Piping Plover (on nest) that had been
previously reported at Nickerson today. Also present were Laughing Gull,
Greater Black-backed Gull, Osprey, American Oystercatcher (with chicks),
Common Terns (in colony) and almost certain Glossy Ibis, though it didn't
stick
During this hot day, the walk on the beach produced some of the following:
Black Terns, a Roseate Tern, Common Terns, Seaside and Saltmarsh Sparrows, a
hunting Peregrine (Yipes), but NO Artic Terns.
Galbreski Airport yielded several Grasshopper Sparrows on the fence, A
Bluebird, Field Sparrows,
