From: rada...@msn.com To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu CC: andya...@aol.com; young...@optimum.net; fishy...@optonline.net; sjkuhl...@aol.com; jc...@earthlink.net; lcliw...@aol.com; lbh2...@aol.com; leorm...@gmail.com; elam...@optonline.com; cowg...@bnl.gov; mike...@optonline.net; pgil...@suffolk.lib.ny.us; shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu; stan.ki...@verizon.net; sbiase...@eastendenvironment.org; tomster...@optonline.net Subject: Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:55:54 -0400 On Tuesday, 9/14, I was at the Robert Moses Hawk Watch, from approx. mid-morning to noon. The wind was out of the west, making for few hawks, none of which I saw. The only real activity being a steady supply of Tree Swallows, supplementted by 6-8 "hauling" hummers", 4 of which I managed to see. On the way home I stopped at the sod farm in Shoreham, which can be viewed from the s/s of Route 25A, and from the n/s of Cooper St., which runs e/o Randall Rd., about .3 mile s/o it's intersection with Rt. 25A. This farm is best described as being s/o the cluster that holds a small shopping center, a school bus yard, a firehouse, and the post office. Most of the activity was from the n/w corner of the field, including: 1 Semipalmated Plover; 25+ Killdeer; 3 Pectoral Sp; 3 Least Sp.; 1 Buff-breasted Sp. Gary Struas arrived in time to also see the above. It was good to see him up and about, with all of his " pre-Cupsogue birding zest" in place! I had stopped at Cooper St. first, finding only 8 Killdeers & 3 Least Sp., in and around a wet area. The peeps and 3 of the killdeer were on the edge of the water, while 2 more of the KILL were standing in the water, washing & splashing away. The remaining 3 Killdeer were sitting in the water, submerged to "mid-breast", and stayed that way for at least 10 minutes. I had never witnessed this "sits-bath technique" by Killdeer before. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
