At Belmont Lake State Park this morning the previously reported White-fronted Geese (7), Cackling Goose (1) and Wood Duck (4) were still present until at least 8:00AM. We missed the Eurasian Wigeon on Santapogue Creek(south side of Montauk Highway) in West Babylon but were treated to an adult Cooper's Hawk munching on an unidentified bird. At West End the three White-crowned Sparrows are still present at the beginning of the entrance road to the WE Coast Guard Station and WE2 marina. We did not see the previously reported Lapland Longspur. The Pine Warbler is still lingering with Yellow-rumped Warblers at the west entrance to the WE2 parking lot. At Pt. Lookout five Harlequin Ducks were around the western-most jetty. A Captree CBC count week Brown-headed Cowbird was at Cedar Beach with Starlings (we missed BHC for the count). There were dozens of Yellow-rumped Warblers on the shoulders of the parkways from the Jones Beach Water Tower to the WE2 parking lot - probably the first day they were able to leave the shelter of the nearby vegetation.
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