[nysbirds-l] Signs of Spring on LI: Oystercatchers and Killdeer

2011-02-18 Thread Shaibal Mitra
This afternoon as I was scoping flocks of Brant and goldeneye at the Fire Island Inlet, seven American Oystercatchers came "Wheep"-ing in from the west and landed on the Oak Beach bar. They were the only shorebirds I saw until I came across a Killdeer along the roadside at Robert Moses SP. We

[nysbirds-l] Signs of Spring on LI: Oystercatchers and Killdeer

2011-02-18 Thread Shaibal Mitra
This afternoon as I was scoping flocks of Brant and goldeneye at the Fire Island Inlet, seven American Oystercatchers came Wheep-ing in from the west and landed on the Oak Beach bar. They were the only shorebirds I saw until I came across a Killdeer along the roadside at Robert Moses SP. We had