Did some birding in the rain this morning. Floyd Bennett was very birdy although diversity was low - many hundreds of common sparrows and yellow-rumped warblers but little else. Best birds were two American Pipits on the Cricket Field and a Jaeger (Parasitic I think) sitting with the gulls in front of Aviator Sports. The Jaeger was not there shortly afterwards when I came out of the cricket field area, so I guess it was fine and moved on.
Also spent some time at Jones Beach West End and checked the dunes and beach hoping for Wheatears (good exercise at least, if not productive). Again, lots of birds, especially Yellow-rumped Warblers, Flickers (including one I saw escaping a Peregrine only to then be caught by a Harrier), etc. but nothing really of note. -- 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/ --
