[nysbirds-l] Shinecock/Dune Rd.

[Jim Clinton]

Here are the highlights;

Snow Bunting 1
C. Tern 30
Royal Tern 1
Gannets
Both Loon sp
All 3 Scooters
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Oystercatcher 7
G. Yellowlegs 2
Semipalmated Plover 8
Willet 1
C. Eider 3
White-crowned Sp 1
Seaside Sp. 1
Savannah Sp
Swamp Sp
Water Pipit 2
Horned Lark 4
Common Egret 2
Sharpy
Peregrine
Harrier
Towhee
N. Oriole

Jim Clinton Jr.



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[nysbirds-l] Caumsett State Park Today (Suffolk Co.)

[ken feustel]

Sue and I spent the morning and early afternoon birding at Caumsett State Park 
where we encountered a nice mix of late migrants and new arrivals. Late 
migrants included five Blackpoll Warblers ( feeding on the berries of the 
invasive vines porcelain berry and mile-a-minute), a Pine Warbler, a 
Yellow-breasted Chat and a Red-eyed Vireo. New arrivals this fall (for us) 
included Tree (4) and Fox Sparrows (2), as well as five Purple Finch. We found 
small flocks of Eastern Bluebirds throughout the park, eventually tallying 
thirty-six individuals. Big numbers of Robins were making their way through the 
park; we did not stop to count all the birds passing through, which must have 
numbered in the thousands. However, we did record a modest seven hundred and 
ten. Canada Geese numbers are growing at the park - we observed an estimated 
995 birds that were constantly on the move with all the park patrons and 
horseback riders present causing them to fly. No unusual geese were found, 
however.  Five Rusty Blackbirds were present in the migrating robin flocks. All 
in all a beautiful day in a beautiful park. 

Ken & Sue Feustel
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[nysbirds-l] Franklin's Gull - Niagara River

[Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter]

Thanks to Andy Guthrie for posting this to GeneseeBirds earlier.  The first
winter FRANKLIN'S GULL was seen from Artpark State Park in Lewiston, NY from
2:15 to 2:45 this afternoon.  Take the upper entrance (off of Portage
Street) into the park, stay to your left, and drive to a small parking lot
by the river.  Walk the trail that goes south toward the Lewiston Queenston
Bridge.  The Franklin's Gull was first seen about 150 yards from the parking
lot, mainly working along the NY shore but could have been easily seen from
the Ontario side (walk upriver from the Queenston boat ramp).  If searching
for this gull, other places to check include the power plants (Adam Beck
overlook or NY Power Vista), the Whirlpool (Spanish Aero Car or Whirlpool
State Park), or even below the falls.  Watching the Bonaparte's Gulls fly
out of the river onto Lake Ontario at dusk may also work.  There were not a
lot of Bonies here, perhaps less than a hundred in the narrowest stretch of
the river below the Lewiston Queenston Bridge.  There were also very few at
the Whirlpool and none below the falls.  There were many at the power
plants, however.

 

We also made a quick check at Goat Island, which is between the American and
Canadian Falls on the NY side.  There were no Bonaparte's Gulls below the
falls and we did not have time to make a thorough check above the falls.
However, I was still able to count nine LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS roosting
in the shallows just off of Goat Island and above the Three Sisters Islands.
Of special interest were three juveniles all sitting together.  I don't
think I have ever seen three juvenile Lessers in one day before, much less
all together.  The others were five adults and one second winter.

 

Good birding!

Willie

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Eared Grebe (Yes) JBWR

[Andrew Baksh]

In my haste to get the msg out from the field.  I was not specific about the 
location of the Eared Grebe. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge for those who did not 
associate "West Pond Trail" with the Refuge.
Good and responsible birding!
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From: "Andrew Baksh" 
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 19:12:43 
To: nysbirds-l
Reply-To: birdingd...@gmail.com
Cc: Nyc ebirds; Lloydl 
Spitalnik
Subject: Eared Grebe (Yes)

Patricia Lindsay, Steve Walter and I just relocated the Eared Grebe found 
earlier in the week by Anne Lazarus and her group.  The Grebe is associating 
with several Horned Grebes on the bayside of the West Pond Trail just before 
Terrapin Trail.
Good and responsible birding!
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[nysbirds-l] Cornell Cooperative/Suffolk Parks Bird Walk, Smith Point County Park, L.I., Saturday

[Carl Starace]

Hello Everyone,   Lively ocean today, thick with N. Gannets and Scoter
flocks.We had a dozen Long Tails passing and a few more at rest on the
bayside. Best bird was a bright Blue Headed Vireo along the ballfield
fenceline. A lone sitting Merlin kept things quiet for a while,then the SC
Junco flocks erupted from the hedgerows. Field and Chippings were with
them.Early on we watched 20 Snow Buntings skim the primary dune,3 Horned
Larks were also found in the big lot.No sign of the 7 Royal Terns I saw on
Thursday.Good Autumn Birding,  Carl Starace

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[nysbirds-l] Eared Grebe (Yes)

[Andrew Baksh]

Patricia Lindsay, Steve Walter and I just relocated the Eared Grebe found 
earlier in the week by Anne Lazarus and her group.  The Grebe is associating 
with several Horned Grebes on the bayside of the West Pond Trail just before 
Terrapin Trail.
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Queens NY
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[nysbirds-l] Lapland Longspur - Democrat Point, Suffolk

[Derek Rogers]

Joined by friends Chase Cammarota and John Dunican, we decided to take a
walk down to Democrat Point from RM Field 2. The first bird of interest was
a PURPLE SANDPIPER hanging out on the jetty at Democrat. We then made our
way down toward the peninsula when we discovered a single LAPLAND LONGSPUR
foraging along the inside of a vehicle tire track. The bird presented
excellent views and eventually took flight to toward the north side of the
pensinsula and over the dunes. The bird was seemingly unsettled, given the
number of falcons that were consistently working the entire peninsula. 2
peregrine, several merlin and norther harrier were present and quite
active. Chae was able to locate a Savannah Sparrow of
the "ipswich"population. The last birds of note were a single AMERICAN
PIPIT flyover and a 2nd winter LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL.

A good day on the pensinsula.

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Sayville, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose

[pgillen]

Nov.5  A  Greater White-fronted Goose was on Marratooka Lake at
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[nysbirds-l] Peregrine Falcon @ Jones Beach WEII

[Luke Ormand]

Jones Beach was quiet this morning with some junco's and some yellow rumped
warblers hanging around.  Some Sharp-shinned hawks were also moving through
but the highlight was a Peregrine Falcon that came in close.  Photos can be
seen here:
http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2011/11/peregrine-falcon.html

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 4 November 2011

[Karen Fung]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 4, 2011
* NYNY.04

- Birds Mentioned:

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON
Redhead
Red-throated Loon
GREAT SHEARWATER
Northern Gannet
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Golden-Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Vesper Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Pine Siskin


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Jeanne Skelly - Secretary
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420 Chili-Scottsville Rd.
Churchville, NY  14428

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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, November
4th, at 11:00pm.  The highlights of today's tape are GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED GODWIT, GREAT
SHEARWATER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, and
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.

Thanks to the bizarre October snowstorm, a changeover in seasonal
birds has quickly taken place.

In the New York City area, the most unusual report was probably the
WESTERN KINGBIRD, only seen briefly at Riis Park last Sunday morning.
It was searched for extensively thereafter but could not be relocated.

Two or three VESPER SPARROWS were present at the Fort Tilden Community
Garden Sunday, and a hawk watch on a good hawk flight day at Fort
Tilden featured NORTHERN GOSHAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, and BALD EAGLE,
while a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen coming in off the ocean.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a drake EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted
today on the East Pond, north of the Big John's Pond overlook, and
also at the bay were a REDHEAD on the West Pond and a flyover PINE
SISKIN.

In other city parks, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT lingered for a few days,
at least to Wednesday, in Bryant Park, in the front and back of the
New York Public Library off Fifth Avenue.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and at least two VESPER SPARROWS visited
Central Park on Tuesday, and the continuing immature RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER was also seen that day.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was spotted migrating over Manhattan on Monday morning.

Fort Tilden had VESPER and LINCOLN SPARROWS last Monday.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was reported Monday at Sunken Meadow State
Park, this sighting perhaps involving the same bird seen back on
October 22nd.

At Jones Beach West End, a lingering MARBLED GODWIT was still present
Thursday on the bar off the Coast Guard Station, and good numbers of
RED KNOT are among the other shorebirds gathering there.  Lots of
NORTHERN GANNETS are now migrating offshore.  An immature LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL was noted at Jones Beach field 6 on Tuesday.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER visited Cedar Beach Marina on Monday, and
that day the Fire Island hawk watch at the eastern end of Robert Moses
State Park recorded a NORTHERN GOSHAWK.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was among the landbirds migrating along Robert
Moses State Park last Sunday.  Decent numbers of AMERICAN PIPITS were
also noted, while a good movement of seabirds offshore featured lots
of scoters, RED-THROATED LOONS, and even 11 WOOD DUCKS.

An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was with the Black-bellieds just east of
Heckscher State Park, field #6, on Monday.

Out east, on the North Fork, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on
Marratooka Lake along New Suffolk Avenue in Mattituck on Monday, along
with a seasonal assortment of ducks.

Another GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on the favored field on the
north side of Further Lane in East Hampton Tuesday, where it has
apparently been present for a little while.

At Montauk Point last Saturday before the storm intensified, a flow of
300 or more GREAT SHEARWATERS was witnessed leaving Block Island Sound
and heading for the open ocean.  Also noted were an adult BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKE and good numbers of Forster's and Common Terns.  An earlier
sea watch off Amagansett produced over 13,000 scoters of three
species, lots of NORTHERN GANNETS and Double-crested Cormorants, and
62 RED-THROATED LOONS.

Five LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were spotted between Montauk, Hook
Pond, and Mecox.  Shorebirds in Montauk included two AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVERS near Montauk Inlet and a STILT 

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 4 November 2011

[Karen Fung]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 4, 2011
* NYNY.04

- Birds Mentioned:

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON
Redhead
Red-throated Loon
GREAT SHEARWATER
Northern Gannet
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Golden-Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
MARBLED GODWIT
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Vesper Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Pine Siskin


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or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

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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, November
4th, at 11:00pm.  The highlights of today's tape are GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED GODWIT, GREAT
SHEARWATER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, and
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.

Thanks to the bizarre October snowstorm, a changeover in seasonal
birds has quickly taken place.

In the New York City area, the most unusual report was probably the
WESTERN KINGBIRD, only seen briefly at Riis Park last Sunday morning.
It was searched for extensively thereafter but could not be relocated.

Two or three VESPER SPARROWS were present at the Fort Tilden Community
Garden Sunday, and a hawk watch on a good hawk flight day at Fort
Tilden featured NORTHERN GOSHAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, and BALD EAGLE,
while a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen coming in off the ocean.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a drake EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted
today on the East Pond, north of the Big John's Pond overlook, and
also at the bay were a REDHEAD on the West Pond and a flyover PINE
SISKIN.

In other city parks, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT lingered for a few days,
at least to Wednesday, in Bryant Park, in the front and back of the
New York Public Library off Fifth Avenue.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and at least two VESPER SPARROWS visited
Central Park on Tuesday, and the continuing immature RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER was also seen that day.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was spotted migrating over Manhattan on Monday morning.

Fort Tilden had VESPER and LINCOLN SPARROWS last Monday.

A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was reported Monday at Sunken Meadow State
Park, this sighting perhaps involving the same bird seen back on
October 22nd.

At Jones Beach West End, a lingering MARBLED GODWIT was still present
Thursday on the bar off the Coast Guard Station, and good numbers of
RED KNOT are among the other shorebirds gathering there.  Lots of
NORTHERN GANNETS are now migrating offshore.  An immature LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL was noted at Jones Beach field 6 on Tuesday.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER visited Cedar Beach Marina on Monday, and
that day the Fire Island hawk watch at the eastern end of Robert Moses
State Park recorded a NORTHERN GOSHAWK.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was among the landbirds migrating along Robert
Moses State Park last Sunday.  Decent numbers of AMERICAN PIPITS were
also noted, while a good movement of seabirds offshore featured lots
of scoters, RED-THROATED LOONS, and even 11 WOOD DUCKS.

An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was with the Black-bellieds just east of
Heckscher State Park, field #6, on Monday.

Out east, on the North Fork, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on
Marratooka Lake along New Suffolk Avenue in Mattituck on Monday, along
with a seasonal assortment of ducks.

Another GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on the favored field on the
north side of Further Lane in East Hampton Tuesday, where it has
apparently been present for a little while.

At Montauk Point last Saturday before the storm intensified, a flow of
300 or more GREAT SHEARWATERS was witnessed leaving Block Island Sound
and heading for the open ocean.  Also noted were an adult BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKE and good numbers of Forster's and Common Terns.  An earlier
sea watch off Amagansett produced over 13,000 scoters of three
species, lots of NORTHERN GANNETS and Double-crested Cormorants, and
62 RED-THROATED LOONS.

Five LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were spotted between Montauk, Hook
Pond, and Mecox.  Shorebirds in Montauk included two AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVERS near Montauk Inlet and a STILT 

[nysbirds-l] Lapland Longspur - Democrat Point, Suffolk

[Derek Rogers]

Joined by friends Chase Cammarota and John Dunican, we decided to take a
walk down to Democrat Point from RM Field 2. The first bird of interest was
a PURPLE SANDPIPER hanging out on the jetty at Democrat. We then made our
way down toward the peninsula when we discovered a single LAPLAND LONGSPUR
foraging along the inside of a vehicle tire track. The bird presented
excellent views and eventually took flight to toward the north side of the
pensinsula and over the dunes. The bird was seemingly unsettled, given the
number of falcons that were consistently working the entire peninsula. 2
peregrine, several merlin and norther harrier were present and quite
active. Chae was able to locate a Savannah Sparrow of
the ipswichpopulation. The last birds of note were a single AMERICAN
PIPIT flyover and a 2nd winter LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL.

A good day on the pensinsula.

-Derek Rogers
Sayville, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Eared Grebe (Yes)

[Andrew Baksh]

Patricia Lindsay, Steve Walter and I just relocated the Eared Grebe found 
earlier in the week by Anne Lazarus and her group.  The Grebe is associating 
with several Horned Grebes on the bayside of the West Pond Trail just before 
Terrapin Trail.
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Queens NY
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[nysbirds-l] Cornell Cooperative/Suffolk Parks Bird Walk, Smith Point County Park, L.I., Saturday

[Carl Starace]

Hello Everyone,   Lively ocean today, thick with N. Gannets and Scoter
flocks.We had a dozen Long Tails passing and a few more at rest on the
bayside. Best bird was a bright Blue Headed Vireo along the ballfield
fenceline. A lone sitting Merlin kept things quiet for a while,then the SC
Junco flocks erupted from the hedgerows. Field and Chippings were with
them.Early on we watched 20 Snow Buntings skim the primary dune,3 Horned
Larks were also found in the big lot.No sign of the 7 Royal Terns I saw on
Thursday.Good Autumn Birding,  Carl Starace

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Eared Grebe (Yes) JBWR

[Andrew Baksh]

In my haste to get the msg out from the field.  I was not specific about the 
location of the Eared Grebe. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge for those who did not 
associate West Pond Trail with the Refuge.
Good and responsible birding!
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
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-Original Message-
From: Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 19:12:43 
To: nysbirds-lnysbirds-l@cornell.edu
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Spitalnikbtb...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Eared Grebe (Yes)

Patricia Lindsay, Steve Walter and I just relocated the Eared Grebe found 
earlier in the week by Anne Lazarus and her group.  The Grebe is associating 
with several Horned Grebes on the bayside of the West Pond Trail just before 
Terrapin Trail.
Good and responsible birding!
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
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[nysbirds-l] Franklin's Gull - Niagara River

[Willie D'Anna and Betsy Potter]

Thanks to Andy Guthrie for posting this to GeneseeBirds earlier.  The first
winter FRANKLIN'S GULL was seen from Artpark State Park in Lewiston, NY from
2:15 to 2:45 this afternoon.  Take the upper entrance (off of Portage
Street) into the park, stay to your left, and drive to a small parking lot
by the river.  Walk the trail that goes south toward the Lewiston Queenston
Bridge.  The Franklin's Gull was first seen about 150 yards from the parking
lot, mainly working along the NY shore but could have been easily seen from
the Ontario side (walk upriver from the Queenston boat ramp).  If searching
for this gull, other places to check include the power plants (Adam Beck
overlook or NY Power Vista), the Whirlpool (Spanish Aero Car or Whirlpool
State Park), or even below the falls.  Watching the Bonaparte's Gulls fly
out of the river onto Lake Ontario at dusk may also work.  There were not a
lot of Bonies here, perhaps less than a hundred in the narrowest stretch of
the river below the Lewiston Queenston Bridge.  There were also very few at
the Whirlpool and none below the falls.  There were many at the power
plants, however.

 

We also made a quick check at Goat Island, which is between the American and
Canadian Falls on the NY side.  There were no Bonaparte's Gulls below the
falls and we did not have time to make a thorough check above the falls.
However, I was still able to count nine LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS roosting
in the shallows just off of Goat Island and above the Three Sisters Islands.
Of special interest were three juveniles all sitting together.  I don't
think I have ever seen three juvenile Lessers in one day before, much less
all together.  The others were five adults and one second winter.

 

Good birding!

Willie

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[nysbirds-l] Caumsett State Park Today (Suffolk Co.)

[ken feustel]

Sue and I spent the morning and early afternoon birding at Caumsett State Park 
where we encountered a nice mix of late migrants and new arrivals. Late 
migrants included five Blackpoll Warblers ( feeding on the berries of the 
invasive vines porcelain berry and mile-a-minute), a Pine Warbler, a 
Yellow-breasted Chat and a Red-eyed Vireo. New arrivals this fall (for us) 
included Tree (4) and Fox Sparrows (2), as well as five Purple Finch. We found 
small flocks of Eastern Bluebirds throughout the park, eventually tallying 
thirty-six individuals. Big numbers of Robins were making their way through the 
park; we did not stop to count all the birds passing through, which must have 
numbered in the thousands. However, we did record a modest seven hundred and 
ten. Canada Geese numbers are growing at the park - we observed an estimated 
995 birds that were constantly on the move with all the park patrons and 
horseback riders present causing them to fly. No unusual geese were found, 
however.  Five Rusty Blackbirds were present in the migrating robin flocks. All 
in all a beautiful day in a beautiful park. 

Ken  Sue Feustel
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[nysbirds-l] Shinecock/Dune Rd.

[Jim Clinton]

Here are the highlights;

Snow Bunting 1
C. Tern 30
Royal Tern 1
Gannets
Both Loon sp
All 3 Scooters
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Oystercatcher 7
G. Yellowlegs 2
Semipalmated Plover 8
Willet 1
C. Eider 3
White-crowned Sp 1
Seaside Sp. 1
Savannah Sp
Swamp Sp
Water Pipit 2
Horned Lark 4
Common Egret 2
Sharpy
Peregrine
Harrier
Towhee
N. Oriole

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