[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 September 2011
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sep 30, 2011 * NYNY1109.30 - Birds Mentioned: MISSISSIPPI KITE+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Cory's Shearwater BROWN PELICAN Peregrine Falcon American Golden-Plover Piping Plover Marbled Godwit Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo BARRED OWL Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat SUMMER TANAGER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW LARK SPARROW Lincoln's Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK DICKCISSEL If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 30th, at 8:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN PELICAN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, MISSISSIPPI KITE, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, and much more, including a BARRED OWL in Central Park. An immature BROWN PELICAN was seen again at Montauk Harbor Inlet, this one on the west jetty last Saturday morning. Another interesting report from eastern Long Island was of an immature male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in the picnic area at Smith Point County Park in Shirley on Monday. Equally unexpected was a MISSISSIPPI KITE reported moving over Strawberry Fields in Central Park quite early last Sunday morning. Two other land birds not often seen at this time of year were a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER found in Mecox last Sunday and a SUMMER TANAGER at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island on Tuesday. Also very unusual was the appearance of a BARRED OWL today in the Central Park Ramble, near the southwest corner of Mugger's Woods. Otherwise there was a nice variety of more expected birds this week. A decent collection in Central Park last Sunday included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, a good total of warblers with HOODED WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, a BLUE GROSBEAK and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW. A CHAT was also seen in Central on Thursday. Prospect Park added PHILADELPHIA VIREO Sunday and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER both Sunday and Friday, with today's on Lookout Hill. Another CONNECTICUT WARBLER was in the New York Botanical Garden last Sunday, but it was perhaps Kissena Park in Queens that produced the best assortment. On Saturday, found were two PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, a CONNECTICUT WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and BLUE GROSBEAK, and birders gathering there Sunday were treated to the CONNECTICUT WARBLER along with MOURNING WARBLER and a variety of other warblers, and a LARK SPARROW joining the CLAY-COLORED and the BLUE GROSBEAK. The grosbeak lingered at least to Tuesday, joined by two LARK SPARROWS. Both BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, but mostly YELLOW-BILLED, have also been occurring in the parks. Two NORTHERN RAVENS provided the only excitement in Alley Pond Park last Sunday. On Thursday in Brooklyn, two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were spotted at Floyd Bennett Field, another at Dead Horse Bay, and a DICKCISSEL was noted at Floyd Bennett in the Community Garden on Tuesday. Saturday at Conference House Park on Staten Island were a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. Out at Jones Beach West End, two BLUE GROSBEAKS were along the outer turnaround, and two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were on the Coast Guard Station sandbar last Saturday. Birds on that bar today included a MARBLED GODWIT and CASPIAN TERN. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was also seen at Robert Moses State Park last Saturday as well as today, and offshore there on Saturday were a CORY'S SHEARWATER and nine ROYAL TERNS. Moving east on Long Island, birds at Smith Point County Park last Saturday featured a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and five CASPIAN TERNS. Mecox, besides the PROTHONOTARY WARBLER last Sunday, also produced three CASPIAN TERNS, 104 BLACK SKIMMERS, and two lingering PIPING PLOVERS, with two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and four PEREGRINE FALCONS there on Monday. Four CASPIAN TERNS were at Mecox Tuesday, with
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Connecticut Warbler
At 4pm this afternoon I observed a Connecticut Warbler in Prospect Park. Maude Brown and I were walking the dirt path on Lookout Hill that is just below the Butterfly Meadow (Center Drive and the Quaker Cemetery are just below the slope here) when we spotted a few warblers feeding in the understory. Flowering White Snakeroot is the dominant plant on the upper slope in this location and we were watching a Tennessee Warbler, 2 Common Yellowthroats and a Magnolia Warbler feeding in the flowers only about a foot off the ground. The Connecticut Warbler apparently was also feeding within this group and I spotted it when it hopped up on a wooden snow fence near the top of the slope. It dropped back into the flowers and we were unable to relocate it despite a long search. It is interesting to note that this is only a short distance from where one was reported by Rob Bate on Sunday, so perhaps the bird has just been circling the woodlands of Lookout Hill. Good birding, Rob The City Birder Weblog -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fire Island to Central Park
September 30 , A Long Island / New York City excursion. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the Fire Island Hawkwatch this morning on SE winds, the wrong kind. The only raptors who don't mind this are falcons. And, we saw a few Merlin and Peregrines. Of note a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, but virtually no land birds. At Jones Beach Marina we were met by Sam Jannazzo. The bar had a resting MARBLED GODWIT and a CASPIAN TERN along with the usual hoard of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, DUNLIN, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. There were 4 SURF SCOTERS in the water to the left of the island. Cathy Drake called from Central Park while we were admiring the tern. We drove straight into the city from Jones Beach, immediately found a parking spot, as someone pulled out (on 75th off Fifth Ave--I though this only happens in movie scripts). A police officer directed us to the 72nd street entrance, the only one not sealed off for the concert tonight. (As described in a post to ebirdsnyc, in the Ramble, near the SW corner of Mugger's Woods and just S of the Humming Tombstone) A short walk brought us to the BARRED OWL. This is the first downstate.sighting for all of us. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 28 September 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Ninety-six species were reported this week. The best birds were: LITTLE BLUE HERON: Papscanee 9/25, 9/27. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Lake George 9/24. AMERICAN AVOCET: Troy 9/21 (5). CAPE MAY WARBLER: Brunswick 9/26. BAY-BREASTED WARBLER: Brunswick 9/25. CONNECTICUT WARBLER: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/25. WHITE-WINGEDCROSSBILL: Florida 9/26 (5). Other notable reports: Blue-winged Teal: Papscanee 9/23 (140); 9/25 (25). Common Loon: Lake George 9/24. Great Egret: Papscanee 9/23, 9/25(2), 9/27; Brunswick 9/25; Coxsackie Boat Launch 9/25. Osprey: Lake George 9/24; Brunswick 9/26. Bald Eagle: Papscanee 9/24. Peregrine Falcon: Brunswick 9/25. Greater Yellowlegs: Cohoes Flats 9/22 (3). Lesser Yellowlegs: Papscanee 9/23. Pectoral Sandpiper: Papscanee 9/23 (4). Wilson's Snipe: Papscanee 9/23 (2). Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Albany 9/27. Eastern Screech-Owl: Niskayuna 9/27. Common Nighthawk: South Glens Falls 9/22 (7). Yellow-throated Vireo: Austerlitz 9/25. Common Raven: Five Rivers 9/24; Saratoga Battlefield 9/25. Carolina Wren: Albany 9/27; Niskayuna 9/27. Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Providence 9/26. Hermit Thrush: Providence 9/21 (3). Brown Thrasher: Five Rivers 9/24 (4); Providence 9/25; Albany 9/27. Northern Parula: Brunswick 9/25. Prairie Warbler: Five Rivers 9/24. Palm Warbler: Providence 9/21; Meadowdale 9/24; Austerlitz 9/25 (2). Blackpoll Warbler: Brunswick 9/25, 9/26. CanadaWarbler: Austerlitz 9/25. Scarlet Tanager: Peebles Island 9/22; Austerlitz 9/25. Lincoln's Sparrow: Five Rivers 9/24; Meadowdale 9/24. Eastern Meadowlark: Saratoga Battlefield 9/25. Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Mona Bearor (South Glens Falls), Nancy Castillo (Providence), AlanFrench (Glenville), Carl George (Florida), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat Launch, Coxsackie Grasslands), Nancy Kern (Papscanee, Austerlitz), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Bill Lee (Cohoes Flats, Peebles Island, Niskayuna), Naomi Lloyd (Papscanee), Ellen Pemrick (Saratoga Battlefield), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Will Raup (Albany), Gregg Recer (Troy), Alan Schroeder (Colonie), Brad Walker (Brunswick) and Tom Williams (Five Rivers). -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 28 September 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net Ninety-six species were reported this week. The best birds were: LITTLE BLUE HERON: Papscanee 9/25, 9/27. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Lake George 9/24. AMERICAN AVOCET: Troy 9/21 (5). CAPE MAY WARBLER: Brunswick 9/26. BAY-BREASTED WARBLER: Brunswick 9/25. CONNECTICUT WARBLER: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/25. WHITE-WINGEDCROSSBILL: Florida 9/26 (5). Other notable reports: Blue-winged Teal: Papscanee 9/23 (140); 9/25 (25). Common Loon: Lake George 9/24. Great Egret: Papscanee 9/23, 9/25(2), 9/27; Brunswick 9/25; Coxsackie Boat Launch 9/25. Osprey: Lake George 9/24; Brunswick 9/26. Bald Eagle: Papscanee 9/24. Peregrine Falcon: Brunswick 9/25. Greater Yellowlegs: Cohoes Flats 9/22 (3). Lesser Yellowlegs: Papscanee 9/23. Pectoral Sandpiper: Papscanee 9/23 (4). Wilson's Snipe: Papscanee 9/23 (2). Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Albany 9/27. Eastern Screech-Owl: Niskayuna 9/27. Common Nighthawk: South Glens Falls 9/22 (7). Yellow-throated Vireo: Austerlitz 9/25. Common Raven: Five Rivers 9/24; Saratoga Battlefield 9/25. Carolina Wren: Albany 9/27; Niskayuna 9/27. Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Providence 9/26. Hermit Thrush: Providence 9/21 (3). Brown Thrasher: Five Rivers 9/24 (4); Providence 9/25; Albany 9/27. Northern Parula: Brunswick 9/25. Prairie Warbler: Five Rivers 9/24. Palm Warbler: Providence 9/21; Meadowdale 9/24; Austerlitz 9/25 (2). Blackpoll Warbler: Brunswick 9/25, 9/26. CanadaWarbler: Austerlitz 9/25. Scarlet Tanager: Peebles Island 9/22; Austerlitz 9/25. Lincoln's Sparrow: Five Rivers 9/24; Meadowdale 9/24. Eastern Meadowlark: Saratoga Battlefield 9/25. Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Mona Bearor (South Glens Falls), Nancy Castillo (Providence), AlanFrench (Glenville), Carl George (Florida), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat Launch, Coxsackie Grasslands), Nancy Kern (Papscanee, Austerlitz), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Bill Lee (Cohoes Flats, Peebles Island, Niskayuna), Naomi Lloyd (Papscanee), Ellen Pemrick (Saratoga Battlefield), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Will Raup (Albany), Gregg Recer (Troy), Alan Schroeder (Colonie), Brad Walker (Brunswick) and Tom Williams (Five Rivers). -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Fire Island to Central Park
September 30 , A Long Island / New York City excursion. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the Fire Island Hawkwatch this morning on SE winds, the wrong kind. The only raptors who don't mind this are falcons. And, we saw a few Merlin and Peregrines. Of note a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, but virtually no land birds. At Jones Beach Marina we were met by Sam Jannazzo. The bar had a resting MARBLED GODWIT and a CASPIAN TERN along with the usual hoard of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, DUNLIN, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. There were 4 SURF SCOTERS in the water to the left of the island. Cathy Drake called from Central Park while we were admiring the tern. We drove straight into the city from Jones Beach, immediately found a parking spot, as someone pulled out (on 75th off Fifth Ave--I though this only happens in movie scripts). A police officer directed us to the 72nd street entrance, the only one not sealed off for the concert tonight. (As described in a post to ebirdsnyc, in the Ramble, near the SW corner of Mugger's Woods and just S of the Humming Tombstone) A short walk brought us to the BARRED OWL. This is the first downstate.sighting for all of us. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prospect Park Connecticut Warbler
At 4pm this afternoon I observed a Connecticut Warbler in Prospect Park. Maude Brown and I were walking the dirt path on Lookout Hill that is just below the Butterfly Meadow (Center Drive and the Quaker Cemetery are just below the slope here) when we spotted a few warblers feeding in the understory. Flowering White Snakeroot is the dominant plant on the upper slope in this location and we were watching a Tennessee Warbler, 2 Common Yellowthroats and a Magnolia Warbler feeding in the flowers only about a foot off the ground. The Connecticut Warbler apparently was also feeding within this group and I spotted it when it hopped up on a wooden snow fence near the top of the slope. It dropped back into the flowers and we were unable to relocate it despite a long search. It is interesting to note that this is only a short distance from where one was reported by Rob Bate on Sunday, so perhaps the bird has just been circling the woodlands of Lookout Hill. Good birding, Rob The City Birder Weblog -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 September 2011
- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Sep 30, 2011 * NYNY1109.30 - Birds Mentioned: MISSISSIPPI KITE+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Cory's Shearwater BROWN PELICAN Peregrine Falcon American Golden-Plover Piping Plover Marbled Godwit Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo BARRED OWL Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat SUMMER TANAGER CLAY-COLORED SPARROW LARK SPARROW Lincoln's Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK DICKCISSEL If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 30th, at 8:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN PELICAN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, MISSISSIPPI KITE, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, LARK SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, and much more, including a BARRED OWL in Central Park. An immature BROWN PELICAN was seen again at Montauk Harbor Inlet, this one on the west jetty last Saturday morning. Another interesting report from eastern Long Island was of an immature male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in the picnic area at Smith Point County Park in Shirley on Monday. Equally unexpected was a MISSISSIPPI KITE reported moving over Strawberry Fields in Central Park quite early last Sunday morning. Two other land birds not often seen at this time of year were a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER found in Mecox last Sunday and a SUMMER TANAGER at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island on Tuesday. Also very unusual was the appearance of a BARRED OWL today in the Central Park Ramble, near the southwest corner of Mugger's Woods. Otherwise there was a nice variety of more expected birds this week. A decent collection in Central Park last Sunday included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, a good total of warblers with HOODED WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, a BLUE GROSBEAK and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW. A CHAT was also seen in Central on Thursday. Prospect Park added PHILADELPHIA VIREO Sunday and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER both Sunday and Friday, with today's on Lookout Hill. Another CONNECTICUT WARBLER was in the New York Botanical Garden last Sunday, but it was perhaps Kissena Park in Queens that produced the best assortment. On Saturday, found were two PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, a CONNECTICUT WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and BLUE GROSBEAK, and birders gathering there Sunday were treated to the CONNECTICUT WARBLER along with MOURNING WARBLER and a variety of other warblers, and a LARK SPARROW joining the CLAY-COLORED and the BLUE GROSBEAK. The grosbeak lingered at least to Tuesday, joined by two LARK SPARROWS. Both BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, but mostly YELLOW-BILLED, have also been occurring in the parks. Two NORTHERN RAVENS provided the only excitement in Alley Pond Park last Sunday. On Thursday in Brooklyn, two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were spotted at Floyd Bennett Field, another at Dead Horse Bay, and a DICKCISSEL was noted at Floyd Bennett in the Community Garden on Tuesday. Saturday at Conference House Park on Staten Island were a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. Out at Jones Beach West End, two BLUE GROSBEAKS were along the outer turnaround, and two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were on the Coast Guard Station sandbar last Saturday. Birds on that bar today included a MARBLED GODWIT and CASPIAN TERN. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was also seen at Robert Moses State Park last Saturday as well as today, and offshore there on Saturday were a CORY'S SHEARWATER and nine ROYAL TERNS. Moving east on Long Island, birds at Smith Point County Park last Saturday featured a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and five CASPIAN TERNS. Mecox, besides the PROTHONOTARY WARBLER last Sunday, also produced three CASPIAN TERNS, 104 BLACK SKIMMERS, and two lingering PIPING PLOVERS, with two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and four PEREGRINE FALCONS there on Monday. Four CASPIAN TERNS were at Mecox Tuesday, with
