[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, West End 11/15 including Northern Shrike
It was a very quiet overcast day at Jones Beach West End. At 10am, the bar at the Coast Guard Station featured about 50 American Oystercatchers, Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, a Sanderling, Brant, and a Long-tailed Duck. The Marbled Godwit was not seen by me nor by a boating birder. There was a lone Ruddy Duck in the water by the gazebo; Common Loons, and a White-eared Scoter were swimmng in the Inlet. The hedge area and median were notable for the lack of sparrows and finches. I did hear a Red-breasted Nuthatch, but otherwise Yellow-rumps, Mockingbirds and one or two Northern Harriers were the predominent birds. The Northern Shrike was seen at the TR Nature Center on the east side of the boardwalk, on a tall stalk, just beyond the hawk interpretative signs. It was not there, then it was there, then it was gone! A flock of Snow Buntings flew by the Nature Center, settling out in the sand. As I left the Center parkng lot (which turned out to be open, though the center was closed), a Cooper's Hawk, flew in. Donna Schulman Forest Hills, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, West End 11/15 including Northern Shrike
It was a very quiet overcast day at Jones Beach West End. At 10am, the bar at the Coast Guard Station featured about 50 American Oystercatchers, Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, a Sanderling, Brant, and a Long-tailed Duck. The Marbled Godwit was not seen by me nor by a boating birder. There was a lone Ruddy Duck in the water by the gazebo; Common Loons, and a White-eared Scoter were swimmng in the Inlet. The hedge area and median were notable for the lack of sparrows and finches. I did hear a Red-breasted Nuthatch, but otherwise Yellow-rumps, Mockingbirds and one or two Northern Harriers were the predominent birds. The Northern Shrike was seen at the TR Nature Center on the east side of the boardwalk, on a tall stalk, just beyond the hawk interpretative signs. It was not there, then it was there, then it was gone! A flock of Snow Buntings flew by the Nature Center, settling out in the sand. As I left the Center parkng lot (which turned out to be open, though the center was closed), a Cooper's Hawk, flew in. Donna Schulman Forest Hills, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
