[nysbirds-l] Jones beach strip

2017-03-24 Thread syschiff
Jones Beach Strip; 24 March Overcast, blustery day. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the the Joes beach strip out to Captree Island. Starting at the Coast Guard Station, the bar contained a pair of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and 7 PIPING PLOVER. Approx. 300 DUNLIN were flying about and landed

[nysbirds-l] Jones beach strip

2017-03-24 Thread syschiff
Jones Beach Strip; 24 March Overcast, blustery day. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the the Joes beach strip out to Captree Island. Starting at the Coast Guard Station, the bar contained a pair of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and 7 PIPING PLOVER. Approx. 300 DUNLIN were flying about and landed

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach strip

2016-03-01 Thread syschiff
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) met at the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station parking lot. The on-going species were observed in the water, namely both loons, Horned Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Bufflehead, Long-tailed Duck and Black Scoter. Across the inlet almost to the far side a RAZORBILL

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach strip

2016-03-01 Thread syschiff
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) met at the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station parking lot. The on-going species were observed in the water, namely both loons, Horned Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Bufflehead, Long-tailed Duck and Black Scoter. Across the inlet almost to the far side a RAZORBILL

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach strip to Robert Moses SP

2015-02-09 Thread syschiff
Feb 9, 2015 Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) took an afternoon drive along the parkway to Captree. The roads were clear and all parking lots were free of ice and snow. At Captree we fond a dozen BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES in the shrubbery on the side of the parking lot just past the boats. Form there we

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach strip to Robert Moses SP

2015-02-09 Thread syschiff
Feb 9, 2015 Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) took an afternoon drive along the parkway to Captree. The roads were clear and all parking lots were free of ice and snow. At Captree we fond a dozen BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES in the shrubbery on the side of the parking lot just past the boats. Form there we