[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point, Queens County Razorbills ++
Doug Gochfeld and I visited Breezy Point mid-morning in mild and relatively windless conditions. Visibility was excellent and surface conditions on the bay and ocean were glass-like. The lack of wind allowed for some good ear birding as well and there were plenty of lingering half-hardies. Highlights include: 9 Razorbill 2 Red-necked Grebe 180 Surf Scoter 850 White-winged Scoter 140 Black Scoter 5 Common Eider 1 Bald Eagle (juvenile) 1 Horned Lark 12 Snow Bunting 8 Tree Swallow 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Gray Catbird 7 Field Sparrow The full eBird checklist can be viewed here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63136927 Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point, Queens County Razorbills ++
Doug Gochfeld and I visited Breezy Point mid-morning in mild and relatively windless conditions. Visibility was excellent and surface conditions on the bay and ocean were glass-like. The lack of wind allowed for some good ear birding as well and there were plenty of lingering half-hardies. Highlights include: 9 Razorbill 2 Red-necked Grebe 180 Surf Scoter 850 White-winged Scoter 140 Black Scoter 5 Common Eider 1 Bald Eagle (juvenile) 1 Horned Lark 12 Snow Bunting 8 Tree Swallow 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Gray Catbird 7 Field Sparrow The full eBird checklist can be viewed here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63136927 Good Birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point - Queens
I haven't been to Breezy in a while. No rarities warranting in-the-field reports, but there were some good birds! Highlights: A WHIMBREL was flushed at the jetty by some fishermen - it flew east, turning back and eventually landed on the beach about half way between the 4x4 trail and the jetty. There were three RED KNOTS, all quite dapper juvenile birds. 10 Willets, including both eastern and western birds. 12 species of shorebird in total, as well as 4 Royal Terns, one near-adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, and continuing White-winged and Surf Scoter drakes rounded out the evening. Ebird list here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48356374 Good birding, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point - Queens
I haven't been to Breezy in a while. No rarities warranting in-the-field reports, but there were some good birds! Highlights: A WHIMBREL was flushed at the jetty by some fishermen - it flew east, turning back and eventually landed on the beach about half way between the 4x4 trail and the jetty. There were three RED KNOTS, all quite dapper juvenile birds. 10 Willets, including both eastern and western birds. 12 species of shorebird in total, as well as 4 Royal Terns, one near-adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, and continuing White-winged and Surf Scoter drakes rounded out the evening. Ebird list here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48356374 Good birding, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens - Brown Pelicans +
It's time for a Breezy Point check in! Late this afternoon, Breezy had an east to west (and eventually south) fly-by of 8 BROWN PELICANS. Also there was a (presumably) continuing first summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL near the entrance to the beach from the 4 x 4 path, as well as a similarly aged friend within the group of GBBGs closer to the jetty. A BONAPARTE'S GULL made a couple of appearances loafing with Common Terns near the jetty, along with a few portlandica type Common Terns, and a couple of recently fledged Common Terns. Finally, there were many shorebirds around - mostly Sanderlings, but a few Semipalmated Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plovers (and of course, Piping Plovers) as well. Ebird list here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47244011 Good birding, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens - Brown Pelicans +
It's time for a Breezy Point check in! Late this afternoon, Breezy had an east to west (and eventually south) fly-by of 8 BROWN PELICANS. Also there was a (presumably) continuing first summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL near the entrance to the beach from the 4 x 4 path, as well as a similarly aged friend within the group of GBBGs closer to the jetty. A BONAPARTE'S GULL made a couple of appearances loafing with Common Terns near the jetty, along with a few portlandica type Common Terns, and a couple of recently fledged Common Terns. Finally, there were many shorebirds around - mostly Sanderlings, but a few Semipalmated Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plovers (and of course, Piping Plovers) as well. Ebird list here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47244011 Good birding, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point, Queens
In case anyone was missing all that tern talk - never fear, I got you covered! Breezy was very busy yesterday in the late afternoon. There were hundreds of gulls (mostly Herring and Great Black-backed), and hundreds of terns (mostly Common, and Least). But highlights included one ROSEATE TERN and one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. The LBBG seems to be the same one that has been there since late June, and in my experience, has always been in the same place - directly in front of you, or just to the left as the 4 x 4 path opens out onto the beach. The terns were mostly feeding on the ocean, making sorting through them difficult. There was one group that was usually around 30 birds or so loafing around the point. This group did not seem to have much turn around, as I kept finding the same first summer bird and second summer type in it. There was a second group loafing near the base of the jetty, on the bay side, which seemed to rotate more. Below are my ebird report, and pictures on Flickr. I tried to include the variation in age and appearance of the birds that were there. There were at least 6 first summer COTEs, and about as many second summer types. That said, I didn't discover the bay side loafers until about an hour before I was going to leave, and I feel fairly confident that with more scrutiny, that group could have produced even more interesting birds. The numbers were certainly high enough that I would expect some more surprises could have been there with more examination. Ebird: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47101870 Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/with/42601039154/ As always, happy terning, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point, Queens
In case anyone was missing all that tern talk - never fear, I got you covered! Breezy was very busy yesterday in the late afternoon. There were hundreds of gulls (mostly Herring and Great Black-backed), and hundreds of terns (mostly Common, and Least). But highlights included one ROSEATE TERN and one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. The LBBG seems to be the same one that has been there since late June, and in my experience, has always been in the same place - directly in front of you, or just to the left as the 4 x 4 path opens out onto the beach. The terns were mostly feeding on the ocean, making sorting through them difficult. There was one group that was usually around 30 birds or so loafing around the point. This group did not seem to have much turn around, as I kept finding the same first summer bird and second summer type in it. There was a second group loafing near the base of the jetty, on the bay side, which seemed to rotate more. Below are my ebird report, and pictures on Flickr. I tried to include the variation in age and appearance of the birds that were there. There were at least 6 first summer COTEs, and about as many second summer types. That said, I didn't discover the bay side loafers until about an hour before I was going to leave, and I feel fairly confident that with more scrutiny, that group could have produced even more interesting birds. The numbers were certainly high enough that I would expect some more surprises could have been there with more examination. Ebird: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47101870 Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/with/42601039154/ As always, happy terning, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens
resorted to tern therapy to calm myself while baby-sitting Ken and Sue’s Bar-tailed Godwit at Mecox Bay in 2004. All of these records were genuinely a big deal at the time. It was not until 2005 that Pat and I found the first one at Moriches Inlet, precipitating the now-familiar cottage industry of tern ogling, phone dunking, and margarita guzzling there. Earlier, P. A. Buckley had found them on the inaccessible bars at Shinnecock Inlet, and eventually we managed a couple from that area, too. Later, Donna Schulman, John Shemilt, and others proved that the early Mecox bird was not a fluke by finding several there. Far to the west, Nickerson Beach has produced the steadiest stream of records over the last five years or so, owing in part to its accessibility and the off the charts concentration of camera attention. More recently, proving the point in an elegant scientific experiment, Derek Rogers has found Arctic Terns at Long Island’s newest inlet, Old Inlet, which re-breached after Sandy. Lastly, we have Tripper’s two records from Rockway Inlet already this year. To my eye, there is no peculiar concentration of records at Moriches Inlet, just a prolonged period of good conditions and thorough and competent coverage. As the precise positions favored by loafing flocks of non-breeding terns shift around, and as observers become more numerous and more familiar with this species, we will surely continue to see more and more records from a variety of sites—but we will only understand this based on well-documented reports. Shai Mitra Bay Shore From: bounce-122635039-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-122635039-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of peter paul [pep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 5:14 AM To: nysbirds-l; Ebird NYC Subject: [nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens Last evening I had a possible Arctic Tern at Breezy point in Queens. The jury is still out, and thoughts would be welcome. Images of the bird can be seen below in my ebird report, and from flickr. The bird stuck around for about 6 minutes before flying off, and I was unable to refind it (though I didn't stay terribly long looking). Winds were strong from the SSE, and terns were constantly rotating though - there were at least four first summer COTEs and one second summer bird over the course of my observation. Details here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46510785 https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/ and Happy terning, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens
resorted to tern therapy to calm myself while baby-sitting Ken and Sue’s Bar-tailed Godwit at Mecox Bay in 2004. All of these records were genuinely a big deal at the time. It was not until 2005 that Pat and I found the first one at Moriches Inlet, precipitating the now-familiar cottage industry of tern ogling, phone dunking, and margarita guzzling there. Earlier, P. A. Buckley had found them on the inaccessible bars at Shinnecock Inlet, and eventually we managed a couple from that area, too. Later, Donna Schulman, John Shemilt, and others proved that the early Mecox bird was not a fluke by finding several there. Far to the west, Nickerson Beach has produced the steadiest stream of records over the last five years or so, owing in part to its accessibility and the off the charts concentration of camera attention. More recently, proving the point in an elegant scientific experiment, Derek Rogers has found Arctic Terns at Long Island’s newest inlet, Old Inlet, which re-breached after Sandy. Lastly, we have Tripper’s two records from Rockway Inlet already this year. To my eye, there is no peculiar concentration of records at Moriches Inlet, just a prolonged period of good conditions and thorough and competent coverage. As the precise positions favored by loafing flocks of non-breeding terns shift around, and as observers become more numerous and more familiar with this species, we will surely continue to see more and more records from a variety of sites—but we will only understand this based on well-documented reports. Shai Mitra Bay Shore From: bounce-122635039-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-122635039-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of peter paul [pep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 5:14 AM To: nysbirds-l; Ebird NYC Subject: [nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens Last evening I had a possible Arctic Tern at Breezy point in Queens. The jury is still out, and thoughts would be welcome. Images of the bird can be seen below in my ebird report, and from flickr. The bird stuck around for about 6 minutes before flying off, and I was unable to refind it (though I didn't stay terribly long looking). Winds were strong from the SSE, and terns were constantly rotating though - there were at least four first summer COTEs and one second summer bird over the course of my observation. Details here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46510785 https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/ and Happy terning, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens
resorted to tern therapy to calm myself while baby-sitting Ken and Sue’s Bar-tailed Godwit at Mecox Bay in 2004. All of these records were genuinely a big deal at the time. It was not until 2005 that Pat and I found the first one at Moriches Inlet, precipitating the now-familiar cottage industry of tern ogling, phone dunking, and margarita guzzling there. Earlier, P. A. Buckley had found them on the inaccessible bars at Shinnecock Inlet, and eventually we managed a couple from that area, too. Later, Donna Schulman, John Shemilt, and others proved that the early Mecox bird was not a fluke by finding several there. Far to the west, Nickerson Beach has produced the steadiest stream of records over the last five years or so, owing in part to its accessibility and the off the charts concentration of camera attention. More recently, proving the point in an elegant scientific experiment, Derek Rogers has found Arctic Terns at Long Island’s newest inlet, Old Inlet, which re-breached after Sandy. Lastly, we have Tripper’s two records from Rockway Inlet already this year. To my eye, there is no peculiar concentration of records at Moriches Inlet, just a prolonged period of good conditions and thorough and competent coverage. As the precise positions favored by loafing flocks of non-breeding terns shift around, and as observers become more numerous and more familiar with this species, we will surely continue to see more and more records from a variety of sites—but we will only understand this based on well-documented reports. Shai Mitra Bay Shore From: bounce-122635039-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-122635039-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of peter paul [pep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 5:14 AM To: nysbirds-l; Ebird NYC Subject: [nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens Last evening I had a possible Arctic Tern at Breezy point in Queens. The jury is still out, and thoughts would be welcome. Images of the bird can be seen below in my ebird report, and from flickr. The bird stuck around for about 6 minutes before flying off, and I was unable to refind it (though I didn't stay terribly long looking). Winds were strong from the SSE, and terns were constantly rotating though - there were at least four first summer COTEs and one second summer bird over the course of my observation. Details here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46510785 https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/ and Happy terning, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens
resorted to tern therapy to calm myself while baby-sitting Ken and Sue’s Bar-tailed Godwit at Mecox Bay in 2004. All of these records were genuinely a big deal at the time. It was not until 2005 that Pat and I found the first one at Moriches Inlet, precipitating the now-familiar cottage industry of tern ogling, phone dunking, and margarita guzzling there. Earlier, P. A. Buckley had found them on the inaccessible bars at Shinnecock Inlet, and eventually we managed a couple from that area, too. Later, Donna Schulman, John Shemilt, and others proved that the early Mecox bird was not a fluke by finding several there. Far to the west, Nickerson Beach has produced the steadiest stream of records over the last five years or so, owing in part to its accessibility and the off the charts concentration of camera attention. More recently, proving the point in an elegant scientific experiment, Derek Rogers has found Arctic Terns at Long Island’s newest inlet, Old Inlet, which re-breached after Sandy. Lastly, we have Tripper’s two records from Rockway Inlet already this year. To my eye, there is no peculiar concentration of records at Moriches Inlet, just a prolonged period of good conditions and thorough and competent coverage. As the precise positions favored by loafing flocks of non-breeding terns shift around, and as observers become more numerous and more familiar with this species, we will surely continue to see more and more records from a variety of sites—but we will only understand this based on well-documented reports. Shai Mitra Bay Shore From: bounce-122635039-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-122635039-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of peter paul [pep...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 5:14 AM To: nysbirds-l; Ebird NYC Subject: [nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens Last evening I had a possible Arctic Tern at Breezy point in Queens. The jury is still out, and thoughts would be welcome. Images of the bird can be seen below in my ebird report, and from flickr. The bird stuck around for about 6 minutes before flying off, and I was unable to refind it (though I didn't stay terribly long looking). Winds were strong from the SSE, and terns were constantly rotating though - there were at least four first summer COTEs and one second summer bird over the course of my observation. Details here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46510785 https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/ and Happy terning, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens
Last evening I had a possible Arctic Tern at Breezy point in Queens. The jury is still out, and thoughts would be welcome. Images of the bird can be seen below in my ebird report, and from flickr. The bird stuck around for about 6 minutes before flying off, and I was unable to refind it (though I didn't stay terribly long looking). Winds were strong from the SSE, and terns were constantly rotating though - there were at least four first summer COTEs and one second summer bird over the course of my observation. Details here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46510785 https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/ and Happy terning, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens
Last evening I had a possible Arctic Tern at Breezy point in Queens. The jury is still out, and thoughts would be welcome. Images of the bird can be seen below in my ebird report, and from flickr. The bird stuck around for about 6 minutes before flying off, and I was unable to refind it (though I didn't stay terribly long looking). Winds were strong from the SSE, and terns were constantly rotating though - there were at least four first summer COTEs and one second summer bird over the course of my observation. Details here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46510785 https://www.flickr.com/photos/129132563@N05/ and Happy terning, Tripper -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Breezy Point Queens Cave Swallows
I made a trip to Breezy around noon in search of Cave Swallows and perhaps a Franklin Gull (where did they go?). There was one obvious Cave Swallow just a short way up the 4WD road from the parking lot that gave brief but good looks. Then, closer to the beach, there was a sizable flock (20-30) of what looked all like Tree Swallows. I took a number of photos of these birds as they were moving back and forth over the road. Back home looking at the photos there were some Cave Swallows mixed in - perhaps one in four birds was a Cave Swallow. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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] Breezy Point Queens Cave Swallows
I made a trip to Breezy around noon in search of Cave Swallows and perhaps a Franklin Gull (where did they go?). There was one obvious Cave Swallow just a short way up the 4WD road from the parking lot that gave brief but good looks. Then, closer to the beach, there was a sizable flock (20-30) of what looked all like Tree Swallows. I took a number of photos of these birds as they were moving back and forth over the road. Back home looking at the photos there were some Cave Swallows mixed in - perhaps one in four birds was a Cave Swallow. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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/ --
