Hello All,Out on the Cupsogue flats this morning the Marbled
Godwits,[8 birds], were still in residence. Rich Kaskan, Bob Gunnerson and I
also had a passing Glossy Ibis, Merlin and Northern Harrier. A seawatch
turned up no, storm tossed, specialties on the ocean side. At the
Manorville Sod
I went out early this morning to confirm what I already knew: the
storm was a flop in terms of birds. I visited Georgica, Sagaponack and
Mecox Bay in eastern Suffolk Co. The highlight was undoubtedly bumping
into Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay. The most interesting bird was a lone
PECTORAL
To add to Hugh's post:
At Montauk Point the wind was blowing strongly from the west by 7:30 a.m.
While storm birds were a bust, we did have a few notables there including:
A CASPIAN TERN; a WHIMBREL that flew in off the ocean and landed on the
beach on the north side of the point; a WHITE-WINGED
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 3, 2010
* NYNY1009.03
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Eider
Little Blue Heron
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
AMERICAN AVOCET
WHIMBREL
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED
Hello All,Out on the Cupsogue flats this morning the Marbled
Godwits,[8 birds], were still in residence. Rich Kaskan, Bob Gunnerson and I
also had a passing Glossy Ibis, Merlin and Northern Harrier. A seawatch
turned up no," storm tossed", specialties on the ocean side. At the
Manorville
I went out early this morning to confirm what I already knew: the
storm was a flop in terms of birds. I visited Georgica, Sagaponack and
Mecox Bay in eastern Suffolk Co. The highlight was undoubtedly bumping
into Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay. The most interesting bird was a lone
PECTORAL
To add to Hugh's post:
At Montauk Point the wind was blowing strongly from the west by 7:30 a.m.
While storm birds were a bust, we did have a few notables there including:
A CASPIAN TERN; a WHIMBREL that flew in off the ocean and landed on the
beach on the north side of the point; a WHITE-WINGED
The Fall Birding class sponsored by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, led by Joe
Giunta, met for their first walk of the season on Saturday. On a beautiful
early fall - but slow birding day, we saw the following species in the
Garden and Prospect Park.
We particularly noted sightings of 4
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 3, 2010
* NYNY1009.03
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Common Eider
Little Blue Heron
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
AMERICAN AVOCET
WHIMBREL
MARBLED GODWIT
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED