[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Long Island West End CUSA update..

[Andrew Baksh]

I am passing on a report from Darlene McNeil who reported the continuing Curlew Sandpiper minutes ago. See her pin here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9Fky3TWREDMdr8cHA?g_st=icFor those of you thinking of twitching. Please be aware that there has been a situation where some birders were denied entry to West End this morning. Apparently, the person manning the toll booth indicated that a fishing pass was required. A few of us have taken up the charge to get this sorted out. As it was reported that even Empire Pass holders were being denied entry.Darlene, shared that she got around the mess by quickly getting a fishing license - see link - (https://decals.east.licensing.app/ ). Returned to the site with a fishing pole in tow and was able to gain entry. The latest in this sorry state of affairs is that I got NY State Parks to publicly state on Twitter (https://twitter.com/nystateparks/status/1662113576436355072?s=46&t=yCd8zvCt5vAwEYLwhkC5ww ) that they are looking into the issue and will update me with a status as soon as the LI regional office provides an explanation. Hopefully, it is sorted out in our favor soon.Cheers,“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free our mind.” ~ Bob Marley“Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass風　Swift as the wind林　Quiet as the forest火　Conquer like the fire山　Steady as the mountainSun Tzu  The Art of War(\__/)(= '.'=)                                            (") _ (")                                     Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Bakshwww.birdingdude.blogspot.com

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Dovekies

[akmirth]

We saw a total of nine Dovekies from the West End jetty at Jones Beach today 
between 2:00 and 2:30. All were flying in the direction from the channel 
towards the ocean or to Point Lookout. Two landed close to the jetty providing 
pretty neat views.
Karlo and Alison Mirth
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End now open for bird watching

[Susan Herbst]

Thank you for your persistence.
I haven’t been down there in a while, but it’s good to know I can.
Best
Sue Herbst


> On Aug 12, 2020, at 2:11 PM, Lisa Wollerstein  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I’ve been emailing back and forth with George Gorman, Regional Director of 
> NYS Parks, and Jeffrey Mason, Park Director of Jones Beach regarding the 
> confusion on whether or not we are permitted to bird at West End. 
> 
> West End is now authorized for birdwatching. You must show binoculars at the 
> toll booth and stay out of any restricted areas. 
> 
> Attached is a copy of his email If you have any issues. 
> 
> Happy migration! 
> 
> Lisa Wollerstein.
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End now open for bird watching

[Lisa Wollerstein]

I’ve been emailing back and forth with George Gorman, Regional Director of NYS 
Parks, and Jeffrey Mason, Park Director of Jones Beach regarding the confusion 
on whether or not we are permitted to bird at West End. 

West End is now authorized for birdwatching. You must show binoculars at the 
toll booth and stay out of any restricted areas. 

Attached is a copy of his email If you have any issues. 

Happy migration! 

Lisa Wollerstein.


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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Gannets, Piping Plovers, etc

[Joseph Wallace]

A ten-minute stationary count just east of Parking Area 6 resulted in a
tally of at least 250 gannets, all flying (singly and in groups up to about
20) east to west with the brisk wind. During a nearly two-hour walk after
this, gannets streamed by the whole time, though in diminishing numbers.
Other sightings included a pair each of Piping Plovers and American
Oystercatchers on the (nearly deserted) beach that heads east from the lot,
and three (late?) Long-tailed Ducks just offshore. --Joe Wallace

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end closed

[Steven Schellenger]

The flatten area by the fisherman's road was use of sand for the
construction of the new nature and energy building being built at West End
2. At the present time there are no plans for turbine support building at
Jones Beach State Park.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 2:36 PM Bob Grover  wrote:

> Looks to me like they are building a new sanitary system. No evidence of
> any support base, which I believe is highly unlikely.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 18, 2020, at 2:30 PM, Robert Paxton  wrote:
>
> Dear Pat Aitken,
>   When we were at the Coast Guard Station at Jones West End last
> Sunday March 15, we were surprised to see extensive new grading that cut
> across the gravel road out to the fishing docks. It looked like some sort
> of construction might be about to begin there.
>Does this mean that the proposed support base for offshore wind
> turbines is beginning to be built there, and that visitors are being kept
> out for that reason?
>How could the Nature Center be a "drive through" site for anything - no
> one is driving "through" there to anywhere.
>Are there any fuller sources of information about this?
> With no public hearings about anything, what a great time to start
> major construction in a State Park.
>Yrs.,
>   Bob Paxton and Sarah Plimpton
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 1:22 PM Pat Aitken 
> wrote:
>
>> For anyone contemplating a trip to Jones Beach:. The parking lot of the
>> nature center is being used as a covid drive through test area.  You will
>> not be permitted to go past the booth where you pay your fee.  This means
>> that access to the west end and coast guard station area is shut down.
>>
>> Good spot to avoid, as this could be a covid-19 transmission hotspot.
>>
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>> through the summer.
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Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end closed

[Pat Aitken]

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From: Pat Aitken 
Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end closed
To: Robert Paxton 


The sand that was dug out from the site by the coast guard station was used
in construction of the new education center.  I learned that it always was
the intention to remove that sand, but I agree, the parks did a very poor
job at communicating to the public.

There are no plans to run the offshore cable or any support structures
through Jones Beach.  Parks is well aware there would be massive opposition.

They are not using the building for a drive through, they have set up tents
in the lot.  I am sure if you Google search it, you will see what has been
set up.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 2:30 PM Robert Paxton  wrote:

> Dear Pat Aitken,
>   When we were at the Coast Guard Station at Jones West End last
> Sunday March 15, we were surprised to see extensive new grading that cut
> across the gravel road out to the fishing docks. It looked like some sort
> of construction might be about to begin there.
>Does this mean that the proposed support base for offshore wind
> turbines is beginning to be built there, and that visitors are being kept
> out for that reason?
>How could the Nature Center be a "drive through" site for anything - no
> one is driving "through" there to anywhere.
>Are there any fuller sources of information about this?
> With no public hearings about anything, what a great time to start
> major construction in a State Park.
>Yrs.,
>   Bob Paxton and Sarah Plimpton
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 1:22 PM Pat Aitken 
> wrote:
>
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>> nature center is being used as a covid drive through test area.  You will
>> not be permitted to go past the booth where you pay your fee.  This means
>> that access to the west end and coast guard station area is shut down.
>>
>> Good spot to avoid, as this could be a covid-19 transmission hotspot.
>>
>> Can't say for certain how long this will go on, but I heard it may be
>> through the summer.
>>
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end closed

[Susan Herbst]

How? You drive into the parking lot to the test station, get tested leave and 
the parking lot. It’s a drive through like McDonalds or Dairy Barn.

https://www.longislandpress.com/2020/03/17/drive-through-coronavirus-test-site-opening-tuesday-at-jones-beach/
 


> On Mar 18, 2020, at 2:30 PM, Robert Paxton  > wrote:
> 
>   How could the Nature Center be a "drive through" site for anything - no one 
> is driving "through" there to anywhere.


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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end closed

[Bob Grover]

Looks to me like they are building a new sanitary system. No evidence of any 
support base, which I believe is highly unlikely.

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 18, 2020, at 2:30 PM, Robert Paxton 
mailto:r...@columbia.edu>> wrote:

Dear Pat Aitken,
  When we were at the Coast Guard Station at Jones West End last Sunday 
March 15, we were surprised to see extensive new grading that cut across the 
gravel road out to the fishing docks. It looked like some sort of construction 
might be about to begin there.
   Does this mean that the proposed support base for offshore wind turbines is 
beginning to be built there, and that visitors are being kept out for that 
reason?
   How could the Nature Center be a "drive through" site for anything - no one 
is driving "through" there to anywhere.
   Are there any fuller sources of information about this?
With no public hearings about anything, what a great time to start major 
construction in a State Park.
   Yrs.,
  Bob Paxton and Sarah Plimpton

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 1:22 PM Pat Aitken 
mailto:aitkenpatri...@gmail.com>> wrote:
For anyone contemplating a trip to Jones Beach:. The parking lot of the nature 
center is being used as a covid drive through test area.  You will not be 
permitted to go past the booth where you pay your fee.  This means that access 
to the west end and coast guard station area is shut down.

Good spot to avoid, as this could be a covid-19 transmission hotspot.

Can't say for certain how long this will go on, but I heard it may be through 
the summer.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end closed

[Robert Paxton]

Dear Pat Aitken,
  When we were at the Coast Guard Station at Jones West End last Sunday
March 15, we were surprised to see extensive new grading that cut across
the gravel road out to the fishing docks. It looked like some sort of
construction might be about to begin there.
   Does this mean that the proposed support base for offshore wind turbines
is beginning to be built there, and that visitors are being kept out for
that reason?
   How could the Nature Center be a "drive through" site for anything - no
one is driving "through" there to anywhere.
   Are there any fuller sources of information about this?
With no public hearings about anything, what a great time to start
major construction in a State Park.
   Yrs.,
  Bob Paxton and Sarah Plimpton

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 1:22 PM Pat Aitken  wrote:

> For anyone contemplating a trip to Jones Beach:. The parking lot of the
> nature center is being used as a covid drive through test area.  You will
> not be permitted to go past the booth where you pay your fee.  This means
> that access to the west end and coast guard station area is shut down.
>
> Good spot to avoid, as this could be a covid-19 transmission hotspot.
>
> Can't say for certain how long this will go on, but I heard it may be
> through the summer.
>
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[nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end closed

[Pat Aitken]

For anyone contemplating a trip to Jones Beach:. The parking lot of the
nature center is being used as a covid drive through test area.  You will
not be permitted to go past the booth where you pay your fee.  This means
that access to the west end and coast guard station area is shut down.

Good spot to avoid, as this could be a covid-19 transmission hotspot.

Can't say for certain how long this will go on, but I heard it may be
through the summer.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Painted Bunting, Dec31 end of year

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) arrived at the Gatsby Playground site as a group 
of birders was leaving. They told us where the PAINTED BUNTING was and we soon 
found it. It fed while we watched, but within the reeds making pictures always 
obscured by branches and stems.  No problem, we’re birders not photographers.

Next stops, field #6, but no Iceland Gull nor a Black-headed Gull at Jones 
Island bar where we stopped. The road leaving the West End #2 lot, overlooked a 
field surrounded on one side by photographers, lots of them.  We looked where 
they were looking and saw the SNOWY OWL that has been hanging out there.  It 
was resting on the ground.  (There is no need to hide its location. The world 
was there all taking pictures).

Sy
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Clay-colored, Blue Grosbeak

[Steve Walter]

There was a Clay-colored Sparrow at Jones Beach today, around the hedgerows
near the Coast Guard station. It sounds like it may have been seen Monday,
as well, but doesn't seem to be seen for long. Fortunately, I took long
range pictures - which, at least, don't take off before the ID can be
verified. I think Ed Becher was one of the previous observers. He was
definitely one of the observers today - being the one that spotted it - of a
young / female type Blue Grosbeak on the south side of the entrance road to
the parking lot.  

 

Birds of note on the sand spit were a juvenile Caspian Tern and its parent,
as well as at least three continuing Marbled Godwits.

 

 

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Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach: Marbled Godwits, Gull-billed Tern, Empi

[Steve Walter]

There are now 4 Marbled Godwits in the Jones Beach area. They were embedded
in the large Oystercatcher roost, which this morning was on the outer part
of the sand spit near the Coast Guard station. All left about half way down
on the falling tide.

 

One reason for going there today was to hopefully catch up with the
lingering Gull-billed Tern. As late is it now is for one to be around, I
suspected (and actually had seen a distant photo of it) that it would be in
a plumage that I didn't have. After a previous trip in which I only saw it
as a fly by, I succeeded in getting pictures today. It looks to me to be a
molting adult, not all the way into winter plumage. If I'm wrong, my tern
guru will let me know. I posted a picture at my web site
(http://stevewalternature.com/ ).

 

I also posted pictures of an Empidonax flycatcher (one of the very few
migrants that I came across). Sadly, after many years of birding, I can't
say that I've mastered expertise in these guys (and I don't have an Empi
guru). When I looked at the pictures, I got the impression of a buffy wash
on the belly. But surely, that must be yellow? As in Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher? But it doesn't strike me as that, and it is kind of late.
Acadian? Gotta study up on primary projections. 

 

 

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Brown Pelican (Yesterday's)

[Steve Walter]

I guess the Brown Pelican is long gone. All that remain are memories and 
pictures. If anyone is interested, I uploaded a couple of yesterday’s pix to my 
web site (which was in need of an update) -- http://stevewalternature.com/ . 
The pelican did get a lot closer for later visitors. 

 

As noted by Doug F. on another forum, the three Common Loons in the Jones Beach 
boat basin are interesting to look at – different than typically seen around 
here. So I did make a point of photographing them, as I did of the equally 
cooperative Black Scoters and Common Eider. Yea, a typical August day at Jones 
Beach.  

 

Throw in two Royal Terns that flew in and flew out.

 

 

Steve Walter

 

From: Steve Walter [mailto:stevewalt...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2019 5:37 PM
To: Steve Walter 
Subject: Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Brown Pelican now at Coast 
Guard Station

 

 

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From: Gail Benson mailto:gbenso...@gmail.com> >
Date: Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 12:38 PM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Brown Pelican now at Coast Guard 
Station
To: nysbirds-l mailto:NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> >, Gail 
Benson mailto:gbenso...@gmail.com> >

 

As of 12:40 pm the Brown Pelican is sitting on the cement jetty next to the 
Coast Guard Station 

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Brown Pelican now at Coast Guard Station

[Gail Benson]

As of 12:40 pm the Brown Pelican is sitting on the cement jetty next to the
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station (Nassau) Royal Tern

[Gail Benson]

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach area

[Andrew Block]

After taking a friend to the airport I decided to take a quick look in the 
Jones Beach area for stuff.  Not a lot around.  Had an adult Lesser 
Black-backed Gull, 6 Black Scoters, and 4 Pintails at the coast guard station.  
At Pt. Lookout there were many Red-throated Loons.  Other than that not much 
around.  At Cammans Pond I had 3 Black-crowned Night-Herons, several shovelers, 
and two hoodies.  At Merrick Rd. Park I had a large colony of 10 Monk Parakeet 
nests with more than 25+ birds present at the time.  I had never noticed those 
there before.  I also hadn't realized how much had changed since Sandy in this 
area.  I hadn't been down here since before then.
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[nysbirds-l] Jones beach Coast guard Station

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) viewed the bar and inlet. The bar contained the 3 
gull species, 2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and a few DUNLIN. In the water were all 
three SCOTERS SPECIES, a dozen COMMON EIDER, 75 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER,  2 
BUFFLEHEAD and a HORNED GREBE. Nice to see the winter ducks close to the car on 
a freezing, but lovely morning.
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I (SY Schiff)  flushed a SRARP-SHINNED HAWK as we entered the 
road into the parking lot.  We checked out the bar at the Coast Guard marina on 
a dreary, overcast morning. Lots of birds until a PEREGRINE FALCON made a pass 
and they all flew off. Three MARBLED GODWIT continue. Others included 
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, DUNLIN, SANDERLING, 7 RED KNOT and a pair of 3rd or 4th 
year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. Lots of DOUBLE-CREASTED CORMORANT but no 
Oystercatchers.

Driving over to West End #2, we walked down to the ocean. On the beach we found 
another pair (or maybe the same ones from the bar) LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. 
They were disrupted by the same or another PEREGRINE FALCON. It flew by us and 
landed close by on some debris on the upper beach. Great photo op. The water 
was full of BLACK and SURF plus 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. A steady stream of 
NORTHER GANNETS and gulls moved through from east to west along with numerous 
gulls. The gulls included a few LAUGHING GULLS.

Returning to the car, a group of 3 dozen SNOW BUNTINGS flew over the swale and 
over our heads in the parking lot. Also a pair of NORTHERN HARRIERS  were 
cruising over the dunes.  Nice end to the birding day

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach and Pt; Lookout

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) found the bar at the marina covered with 
shorebirds.  They included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 
DUNLIN, several RED KNOT, and  2 RUDDY TURNSTONE.  Several FORSTER’S TERN flew 
over the bar. In the inlet were 3 COMMON EIDER, SURF SCOTER and a RED-THROATED 
LOON.

As we walked down the swale 3 HORNED LARK flew up’  On the beach were 5 
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and 2 very late PIPING PLOVER. A NORTHERN HARRIER flew over 
the dunes.  The parking lot held 7 LESSER BLACK-BACK GULLS.

At Pt. Lookout we walked through the new memorial and to the beach. There in 
the surf to our left were 2 HARLEQUIN,  another on the west side of the jetty, 
an AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER on the jetty and a COMMON EIDER  in the water. Breezy 
sunny day for a birthday. 

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach and Hecksher SP

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I(Sy Schiff) started at Jones Beach West End #2 and found the 
LARK SPARROW on the grass at the mid lot exit.   On the east side of the 
building to the south we found the reported VESPER SPARROW. Sparrows were 
abundant this morning along the road edges with WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS in 
greatest numbers. Down on the ocean, the sky was filled with first year HERRING 
GULLS, but little else. Some SCOTERS were flying W to E but well off shore.  On 
the beach was a single LAUGHING GULL plus the usual three and a huge flock of 
DUNLIN. Several HORNED LARKS were feeding in the swale.

We went over to the marina. The bar and most of the island was under water. A 
flock of some 200 AMEERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS took off as we watched and included 
2 MARBLED GODWIT. A pair of ROYAL TERNS were on the breakwater by the Coast 
Guard Station.

A text message alerted Joe and we drove via the Ocean Pkwy to Hecksher to find 
about 25-30 birders looking at the NORTHERN WHEATEAR. We were greeted by a 
round of hellos followed by a quick point to  nearby scopes all set up on the 
bird.  Birders are a great bunch.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones beach West End

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) started at the Coast Guard hedgerow looking for 
sparrows. Birds to look at but only WHITE-THROATED, WHITE-CROWNED and SONG. A 
MARBLED GODWIT continues on the bar with a hundred AMEERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS; 
BLACK and SURF SCOTERS are still in the water. 

We drove over to the east exit of West End #2 lot and found the 2 VESPER 
SPARROWS reported. On the beach were 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. NORTHERN 
GANNETS were plunging into the water, always a great thing to watch.

 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS are everywhere and a steady stream of TREE SWALLOWS 
were moving through. There are a number of NORTHERN FLICKERS in the air and on 
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[nysbirds-l] Jones beach West End

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I(Sy Schiff) found Ken Feusel at the east end of the Coast Guard 
hedgerow photographing an empidonax  flycatcher. A very interesting bird with 
white throat and semi-tear drop eye ring. ID will be a challenge.
Focus was on the flycatcher, but we managed to see PALM, PINE, MAGNOLIA , 
CHESTNUT-SIDED AND YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS Plus COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. There were 
a lot of birds in the air moving through, but no blackbirds. Some 5-600 TREE 
SWALLOWS were milling about over the median with a steady stream moving through 
along with a number of NORTHERN FLICKERS.
We walked down to the inlet and checked the bar across the inlet. We managed to 
make out oystercatchers, 145 FORSTER’S TERNS and seven (7) MARBLED GODWITS. 
This apparently where the latter feed when they’re not on the bar by the marina.
At the turnaround, it was mostly quiet but we managed some PURPLE FINCHES. 
There was a scattering of hawks moving through all morning.
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station update

[Gail Benson]

Among 8 species of Sparrows seen at the hedge row at the Coast Guard
Station were 1 immature Lark Sparrow, 1 Clay-colored Sparrow, and 4
White-crowned Sparrows.  At least 3 Marbled Godwits were on the bar with
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach and Heckscher SP

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) stopped to view the Shot Beach bar at Jones west 
end on our way east. Five minutes after we arrived a large group of AMERICAN 
OYSTERCATCHERS joined the ones on the bar bringing with them a MARBLED GOTWIT. 
Nice. The good ones usually fly off, not fly in. Other shorebirds included 
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,  20 RED KNOT, 2 still bright red, SANDERLING, RUDDY 
TURNSTONE and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER.  A single COMMON TERN and several 
FORSTER’S TERN plus a GREAT EGRET were present. Some half dozen OSPREY were in 
the West End.

We arrived at Heckscher Field #7 to find a group actively looking and 
photographing a GOLDEN PLOVER and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. Again nice. Other 
shorebirds included 15+ KILLDEER, 1 SEMIPALMADED PLOVER, 2 WHITE-RUMPED 
SANDPIPER and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS. A MERLIN was in the neighborhood harassing 
the STARLING flock.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones beach bar and Heckscher SP

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) stopped on the way to Heckscher SP and birded the 
bar at the Jones Beach Marina just before high tide. There were the usual 
Common Terns, American Oystercatchers, Black-bellied Plover, Red Knot, Ruddy 
turnstones and Short-billed Dowitchers. As the tide moved in and covered the 
bar, all shorebirds but the Oystercatchers flew off.

We moved on to Heckscher. The remnant  puddle was about the size of a car. In 
it were 1 Semipalmated Plover, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Killdeer and 1 Pectoral 
Sandpiper. The surrounding grass held an additional 8 Killdeer. Very, very hot. 
Birding and photography was done close up from the inside of an airconditioned 
SUV. Very nice way to bird in hot weather.

Back to Jones on the way home. The bar was now partially exposed and in 
addition to the returning earlier shorebirds, there were now some Sanderling 
and Semipalmated Sandpipers. New for yesterday and today was a Western Willet 
and 2 Royal Terns.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach- Short Beach Island

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the bar at the Marina, near high tide. A 
nice group of shorebirds, but few species. The high light was 50+ RED KNOT, 
many still quite red. There were 125 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, a dozen RUDDY 
TURNSTONE and three dozen BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.

After a short trip tp Robert Moses, returned and found somewhat fewer KNOT, but 
the addition of 30 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, some 
SANDERLING and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.  There were two SURF SCOTER in the 
water. It’s a start.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Lark Sparrow

[Eric Zawatski]

Yet another LASP for the barrier beach today, this one just seen in the
median across from West End 2. It was originally foraging alongside the
roadside then flushed up into a tree when I drove by.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Jetty 11:30ish Young Male King Eider YES

[mpro7419 .]

Braved the West End Jetty at Jones Beach for a good showing young Male King
> Eider. Spikes are a must for the jetty. Viewed by myself and one other
> brave young man who walked the jetty no spikes. Well worth the views.
>  See images here
> Images
> https://matthewscottphotography.smugmug.com/Wildlife/Birds/i-WF8V7PV/A

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - King Eider (male -juvenile)

[Michael Zito]

The King Eider continues today for anyone interested. West End 2 jetty.
Mike Z.

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> On Dec 26, 2017, at 10:58 AM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> A friend just told me about the bird which is currently off the west end 2 
> jetty.  Positively IDed by a shot of the bird on the back of their camera. 
> Seems like it is giving nice looks.
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - King Eider (male -juvenile)

[Michael Zito]

A friend just told me about the bird which is currently off the west end 2 
jetty.  Positively IDed by a shot of the bird on the back of their camera. 
Seems like it is giving nice looks.
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Ash-throated Flycatcher still present

[Gail Benson]

The JB West End Ash-throated Flycatcher was being seen on the east bound
side of the parkway east of the eastern exit from parking field 2, up to 5
minutes ago.  Bird was staying low due to the high wind.  (A Mockingbird
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Seawatch

[Timothy Healy]

Very strong gannet flight this morning with upwards of 1000 birds observed. 
There are currently huge feeding flocks to the west, most likely spectacularly 
visible from the Long Beach area. A Parasitic Jaeger flew west past the jetty 
at around 7:35. Sea duck numbers were low, with small flocks of all 3 scooters 
and singles of Common Eider and Long-tailed Duck. 

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach west end: Lapland Longspur

[Robert Taylor]

on gravelly part of swale with 5 horned larks, flock of snow buntings on
beach.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach-Dickcissel Coast Guard

[Dale Dancis]

Miriam Rakowski, Louise Fraza , Anne Lazarus and I had Male dickcissel in 
parking lot at coast guard -2:30pm

Golden plover continues at CG - this am 9:30

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach, Nassau Co. Lesser Black Back Gulls, shorebirds

[Robert Taylor]

west end 2 lot, conservative count 23 Lesser Black Backed Gulls, also in
lot mix of shorebirds: red knots, dowitchrs, bb plovers. Same shorebirds on
Coast Guard sandbar.  Attempted a seawatch at field 6 , just gannets but
they were close to the shore

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[nysbirds-l] Jones beach

[Sy Schiff]

Joe Jiunta & I (Sy Schiff) started at the hedgerow by the Coast Guard Station. 
Only 2 Song Sparrows, but a half dozen RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and a half dozen 
EASTERN PHOEBES.  Just down the road to the Fisherman’s lot, there was a burst 
of activity, mainly of more EASTERN PHOEBES and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.

Following a report we walked out to the main road and to the west of the 
entrance to the Station, we finally found sparrows: SONG, WHITE-THROATED, 
CLAY-COLORED and LINCOLN’S SPARROWS. A return to the hedgerow an hour later 
finally found sparrows including a SWAMP and WHITE-CROWNED SPRARROW.

The bar was filled with American oystercatchers, DUNLIN, a few SANDERLING, some 
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and 2 RED KNOT.  There were no shorebirds in the swale, 
but there were 3 AMERICAN PIPIT.

Raptors included a MERLIN and a RED-TAILED HAEK.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Brown Pelicans flew

[Gail Benson]

Due to boater disturbance the Brown Pelicans left the bar and are flying
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

[Anupam Khanna]

Continuing Am. Golden Plover and 2 Pectorial Sandipiers. few Dunlin,
several Killdeer and Lesser Yellowlegs.

also had 4 Royal Terns flyover at the coast guard station as well.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Coast Guard Western Kingbird (today)

[Tyler Goldstein]

Flycatching this morning by the hedgerow and then relocated by the trees
west of the coast guard installation.  Disappears sometimes so patience is
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Coast Guard Lark Sparrow (today)

[Tyler Goldstein]

good day to be out after partying all weekend.  Lark Sparrow between
hedgerow and fence along Coast Guard building.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End White Crowned Sparrows, warblers (today)

[Tyler Goldstein]

I've been here before sunrise and have seen lots of activity already.  Lots
of warblers including several Blackburnians, Black Throated Greens and
Blues, Bay Breasted, and a Worm Eating. 2 White Crowned Sparrows at the
turnaround.  Also saw a warbler that I couldn't identify.  It looked like a
Black Throated Green but didn't have a black throat (at the Coast Guard
hedgerow). I will try to relocate it and get a photo,  Great day to be out
birding!

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Golden Plovers

[Anupam Khanna]

4 American Golden plovers in a flock of at least 25 BBPL at west end
today.. saw a good flock (maybe 30) of dunlins.. couple of lesser black
backed gulls, ruddy turnstones, several kestrels, couple of northern
harriers and about a 100 sanderlings ...
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach: Dickcissel, Interesting Nashville Warbler, Migration Notes

[Timothy Healy]

I heard the nocturnal flight calls of several Swainson's Thrushes over my house 
last night, and despite minimal radar activity there were some nice birds at 
Jones Beach. A heard-only Dickcissel that called a few times as it flew 
northwest past the start of the fisherman's road was the "rarest" bird I saw, 
but there was an enjoyable spread of other species. Large flights of flickers 
continue, with plenty of raptors working the vegetation edge. Phoebes are 
moving through in some numbers, and the increased high tide ended up chasing 
most of the 100+ Red Knots and 350+ oystercatchers off the flooded spit. 10 
species of warblers were highlighted by a nice bright Blackburnian and a 
Nashville Warbler whose greener lower back, prominent white vent, and longish, 
constantly pumping tail gave me pause. I'd like people with more expertise to 
review my photos, but I wonder if this was an individual of the 
Western/"Calaveras" subspecies that was proposed for a split this year. The 
motion failed by one vote, if I recall correctly, so this could be a pair to 
watch for in the future. The bird was observed in the brush north of the hill 
next to the Coast Guard fence, just before the shoreline. I know Bob Anderson 
also got some shots, which are most assuredly better than mine. Mosquitos 
remain especially ferocious. Spray up.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach terns

[Robert Taylor]

During most of the day, a group of terns has been feeding on the ocean or
resting on the beach at Field 6.  Mostly Forster's with 7 Black Terns and a
banded Royal Tern.  The middle of the beach is covered by water but is
allowing for close views of the terns from the parking lot.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End (this morning)

[Tyler Goldstein]

Lots of Red Knots (76 exact count), Oystercatchers, Sanderlings, and a
couple of Short Billed Dowitchers on the "Coast Guard" sand bar.  The west
end area was devoid of songbirds except for one spot that had a handful of
Cape May Warblers, lots of female Redstarts and some Pewees.  I also saw
some Merlin and a Kestrel in the median.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Nighthawk

[Cindy Goldman]

Common night hawk refound by Mike Zito. It is still here at turnaround

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One perched on an open pine tree branch in the turnaround. Also, a 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher around.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Nighthawk

[Steve Walter]

West End 2, where the westbound road turns to go east. The median area inside, 
by the last tall pines.


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One perched on an open pine tree branch in the turnaround. Also, a 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Nighthawk

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When you say turnaround Where exactly is that? Toll booth off wantagh

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Nighthawk

[Steve Walter]

One perched on an open pine tree branch in the turnaround. Also, a 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher around. 
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Lark Sparrow continues

[Gail Benson]

As people are still looking for the Lark Sparrow, it is now feeding  in
short grass between Bay Parkway and the eastern entrance to Field 2 (Jones
Beach West End).  There were at least 2 Black Terns off the Coast Guard
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Lark Sparrow still present

[Gail Benson]

A Lark Sparrow located earlier today is still present at 7 pm along the
fisherman's access road next to the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West
End.
Tom Burke & Gail Benson

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Black-necked Stilts (NO)

[Andrew Baksh]

I have been out here since this AM and have not seen any sign of the 
Black-necked Stilts (BNST). That does not mean they are not around since my 
focus was more on counting shorebirds instead of searching for the BNSTs.

On a side note, the Cattle Egret continued this AM at Cow Meadow Park.


Cheers,


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> On May 31, 2017, at 2:50 PM, Cindy Goldman  wrote:
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> Has anyone seen the black-necked stilts today? 
> From: bounce-121566706-77129...@list.cornell.edu 
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> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 6:54:13 PM
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> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Black-necked Stilts at West End, Jones Beach State Park 
> (Nassau Co.)
>  
> I spent some time this morning looking at shorebirds on a high tide in the 
> West End Marina. While walking back to the gazebo from the eastern spit I saw 
> Stan (a West End regular - sorry Stan, forgot your last name) talking to Tom 
> Burke and Gail Benson, the distant conversation being followed by a 
> remarkably quick movement of the participants toward their vehicles. Tom 
> stopped to tell me that Stan had just found two Black-necked Stilts (photos 
> taken) at the WE2 swale. We arrived at the swale approx. ten minutes after 
> Stan’s observation - no Stilts. Present, however was a young Peregrine Falcon 
> chasing anything with wings. A search of the ponds east of WE2 (ponds 
> flooded) and areas between the dunes with standing water was fruitless. Any 
> flooded pond or depression could hold these birds, so be on the lookout.
> 
> On a more positive note, and if anyone besides me has not already seen this 
> bird, the Yellow-throated Warbler continues at Bayard Cutting Arboretum, 
> where he was seen and heard this morning and early this afternoon. My 
> afternoon observation consisted of hearing the bird singing the moment I got 
> out of the car. The bird was singing from the top of a conifer near the 
> active Osprey nest (listen for the racket) on the east side of the main 
> entrance road. The bird moved frequently, working his way north along the 
> east side of the road toward the toll booth, finally crossing the road to the 
> west side.
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Summer Tanager Yes!

[Elizabeth Dinapoli]

Immature half yellow, half red. Seen 1 1/2 miles east of Field 6 south 
side/east bound on Ocean Parkway. 

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach: 3 Blue Grosbeaks and other migrants

[Timothy Healy]

Despite favorable conditions last night, THE big push of migrants is still
yet to come. Radar seemed to show more birds leaving our area than coming
in, and the early morning storms which might have produced fallout later in
the season didn't amount to much. Nevertheless, Jones Beach featured some
nice activity on this pleasant morning. The indisputable highlight was a
trio of Blue Grosbeaks encountered over the course of my time there: a
continuing female by the Coast Guard fence, a bright male working his way
west from the tollbooth to the boat basin, and a less flashy male by the
exit. Great opportunities to take photos and audio of this relatively
uncommon visitor. Other migrants of note included a White-eyed Vireo,
Indigo Buntings, Baltimore Orioles, and some House Wrens duking it out.
Only three warblers: Palm, Yellow, and many sharp-looking Myrtles. Common
Loons in vocalizing in flight were a treat. Some Fish Crows, usually less
common than Americans at Jones, are apparently building a nest in the
median.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

[Michael Zito]

The following birds were observed today at Jones Beach by myself and Robert 
Taylor (along with others)

Bobolink
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Prairie Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Veery
Savannah Sparrow
Indigo bunting (2 males, 1 female) 

*there was also a reported SUMMER TANAGER but did not get on the bird.

Mike Z

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: Bobolink etc

[Robert Taylor]

still here

On Thursday, April 27, 2017, Robert Taylor  wrote:

> male Bobolink on south side of median, single Black Skimmer at Coast Guard
> Station.
>
> Rob from Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: Bobolink etc

[Robert Taylor]

male Bobolink on south side of median, single Black Skimmer at Coast Guard
Station.

Rob from Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Jones beach strip

[syschiff]

Jones Beach Strip; 24 March

Overcast, blustery day. Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the the Joes beach 
strip out to Captree Island. Starting at the Coast Guard Station, the bar 
contained a pair of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and 7 PIPING PLOVER. Approx. 300 
DUNLIN were flying about and landed on the far side of the inlet.  Single  
BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES were seen here and a various stops all the way out to 
Captree SP and Captree Island. There we found a GREAT EGRET in the marsh.

At Oak Beach, we missed the grebes, but found lots of LONG-TAILED DUCKS 
everywhere and both Loons. A GREAT CORMORANT  was seen on the rocks in the far 
distance.

Small birds were virtually absent in the blowing wind.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

[syschiff]

Jones Beach 2 Dec

After checking the bar at the Coast Guard Station, Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) 
 went to the swale walking down to the water. Of interest were 40 RED KNOT on 
the bar with AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.

On the beach,looking toward the jetty, almost at the end, there were 800-1000 
DUNLIN. In the swale and on the beach were 75 SNOW BUNTINGS, 15 HORNED LARKS 
and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR with the larks.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Hawk Watch

[Steve Walter]

Not in the conventional sense. But with all the talk of a Goshawk around the
Jones Beach West End, that seems to be what broke out. A bunch of people
ended up taking up a position overlooking the open area of the median area.
There were certainly a few Accipiter sightings, with several sightings of
Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks. There was even talk of a Levant
Sparrowhawk. Okay, that was me goofing around. But was there a Goshawk?
Could be. There seems to be a pretty big one around, with one reported
perched in the open in the early morning. I was forwarded decent but not
perfect pictures by Bobby Rossetti - although I'm not sure who took them -
of a birds said to be a / the Goshawk. Looking at them, I'm seeing Cooper's
Hawk. The first thing that caught my attention is how high up on the belly
the streaking fades to white. From what I can tell, the undertail coverts
are pure white. The streaking is denser than on many Cooper's, but not as
dense as should be on a Goshawk. There are some horizontal bars appearing
along the flanks - a pattern that I see on many Cooper's that I've
photographed before. The bands on the tail look straight, without any white
highlights that I can see. The supercilium appears minimal and not even at
the upper extreme that Cooper's can exhibit. The white spots on the back do
not seem out of line with some Cooper's that I've photographed. 

 

So I'm not saying there isn't a Goshawk around or that people didn't see it
this morning. I just don't think the pictures I was shown are it. But I'll
be looking tomorrow morning - and hoping for a Cave Swallow or that we
finally get a notable finch flight on the NW wind.

 

I'll also slip in that I did some sea watching the last two mornings, at
field 6. Numbers weren't particularly impressive, probably because I didn't
start too early (around 8:15). I firmly believe you shouldn't have to get up
as early for birding as you have to for shopping. But anyway, yesterday's
"count" was led by Gannets, today's by Red-throated Loons (although a fair
number yesterday). The scoter flocks have been Blacks, but a single Surf
moved by today. There were two Forster's Terns today, heading east. 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY

 


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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

[syschiff]

Jones Beach West End 26 Nov

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went to look for the Longspur reported.  Upon 
arriving at the Coast Guard Station parking lot, we were alerted to a NORTHERN 
GOSHAWK.  We walked down the road toward the turnaround, looking into the 
median where the bird was reported. We spotted the raptor in the large 
deciduous tree in the middle. Nice scope views and distance photos from the road

Returning to our cars, we  drove to West End #2.and walked down the swale. A 
large flock of HORNED LARKS was feeding, but no Longspur.

A SNOWY OWL had been reported on the beach yesterday, so we turned towards the 
jetty. No luck by us or others converging on the beach, but we did turn up a 
flock of about 75 SNOW BUNTINGS, Meanwhile some one spotted the owl in the 
opposite direction. We looked, we saw, and called it a successful morning 
birding.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach and Hempstead

[Timothy Healy]

Pack your gloves if you're birding: it's cold out there, folks! Jones Beach
saw some movement this morning, with lots of Red-wings and a fair few
finches passing overhead on their journey to the west. Hundreds of gannets
were seen moving just offshore, and a noisy Great Blue Heron flew down the
coast as well. Two Lapland Longspurs were located in a flock of Snow
Buntings at the beach, and Horned Larks and a pipit were also seen nearby.
Expected raptor species were on the hunt.

A brief stop at Hempstead Lake revealed groups of Hooded Mergansers and
Ruddy Ducks on the main lake, along with a Red-throated Loon. This was my
first sighting of this species at the park, and it was diving actively and
feeding. After the first glimpse I lost it for several minutes and was
wondering if I'd seen what I thought I'd seen!

Cheers!
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Vesper Sparrow

[Robert McGrath]

Echoing Mike's observations, Rich Gostic and I (Bob McGrath) were the two 
birders they left with the sparrow on the median. The bird was very secretive 
during our thirty minutes waiting of it to re-emerge from the pines. Patience 
is definitely required, for those who invest the time once they locate the 
bird, but you should be rewarded.

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> On Nov 11, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Michael Zito  wrote:
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> Vesper Sparrow at Jones Beach spotted by Rob Taylor and myself. I saw a few 
> people at the beach so wanted to let you guys know. Unfortunately the bird 
> went into the bushes because a car went by. We left the bird with two other 
> birders as we had to leave, south side of median, by itself. Will post 
> pictures and video later.
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Vesper Sparrow

[Michael Zito]

Vesper Sparrow at Jones Beach spotted by Rob Taylor and myself. I saw a few 
people at the beach so wanted to let you guys know. Unfortunately the bird went 
into the bushes because a car went by. We left the bird with two other birders 
as we had to leave, south side of median, by itself. Will post pictures and 
video later.
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach

[John Mora]

My wife and I birdied for two hours at West End commencing at 3 PM. 

Nice sized groups of foraging yellow rumps.  One Blue Headed Vireo.  One Royal 
Tern fly over.  Two easily spooked White Crowned Sparrows along roadside 
heading towards police station.  Only one Red Breasted Nuthatch.  Some picture 
perfect White Throats mixed with on territory Song Sparrows.

One flock of flickers and a steady slow stream of migrating Tree Swallows.  
Male Harrier and one quick darting accipiter.  A few Robins and 3 Red Winged 
Blackbirds in high flight. 

We always appreciate seeing Brandt.  There were about 18 Black Bellied plovers 
and two Oystercatchers.

One Phoebe earlier at Fishing Pier earlier in the day.  Also Ruddy Turnstones 
foraging on the pilings under the Pier.

We saw a perched Merlin atop dead pine near the Pier when heading home.



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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach

[syschiff]

Joe Giunta, Joe Viglietta and I (Sy Schiff) Birded Jones Beach West End on a 
cool, sunny, very windy day. The wind kept the birds down but the lawn at the 
bottom of the hedgerow and the shrubs just before the turn into the Coast Guard 
Station entrance held a number of sparrows. They did not venture very far out 
and were quite skittish. The variety was good, consisting of 8 
species:CHIPPING, FIELD, WHITE-THROAT, WHITE-CROWN, SONG, LINCOLN, SWAMP,  plus 
a SAVANNAH SPARROW behind the West End #2 concession stand.

There were 3 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in the trees by the Coast Guard Station 
entrance, but flew off as we approached. The median harbored 8 EASTERN PHOEBE 
and 14 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH among the usual birds, 

Cutting across the West End parking lot we notices 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS 
in the gull flock. One bird had exceptionally bright yellow legs There were at 
least 25 FORSTER'S TERNS flying on the far side of the inlet, but could have 
been twice as many. The wind made long distance viewing very difficult. The bar 
contained the usual suspects, 150 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS still lingering.

The winds were right but only a few raptors moving through. A NORTHERN HARRIER  
may have been a migrant,

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Vesper Sparrow

[Michael Zito]

Spotted a vesper sparrow past the police station after the "thank you" sign. 
South side of the middle median.  Hermit thrush was nearby the bird.
Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Warbler

[Tim Healy]

I headed down to Jones to follow the Connecticut report and was quickly put on 
the bird. I watched it forage in the weedy growth along the fence line for 
about half an hour. I saw it well several times as it came into the open as it 
foraged. I snapped photographs, I watched it through binoculars, it was a grand 
old time. It is only now, looking at those pictures on my computer, without the 
bite of the cold wind and light rain, that I realize things were not as they 
seemed. This skulky little bird's thin eyering is actually incomplete, with 
breaks at the front and back. The throat is noticeably whitish, and thinking 
back its rapid movements were more hoppy than the typical gait of a 
Connecticut. I've attached a few of my photos to my eBird checklist, which show 
that this individual looks to have been a Mourning Warbler after all. Still a 
wonderful find and a lovely little bird! 

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32157511

Cheers!
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Marbled Godwit Nassau County

[David Klauber]

Haven't seen this posted but a Marbled Godwit was found this morning on the 
spit opposite the gazebo, in the middle of a large flock of Oystercatchers. 2 
Western Willets were also present. The previously reported Clay-colored and 
Vesper Sparrows could not be found, but there was a White-crowned Sparrow along 
the outer entrance road to WE2, an Ovenbird at the turnaround, and 2 Field 
Sparrows behind the hedgerow by the coast guard station

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach State Park Birds (Nassau Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

There was a good amount of bird activity at JBSP early this morning. Starting 
at dawn, I birded West End then moved east to Zach’s Bay. Shortly after dawn a 
calling Dickcissel was observed flying down the beach near the marina parking 
area. On the sandbar were some three hundred American Oystercatchers with three 
Western Willets mixed in. Both kinglets were present in good numbers, but 
sparrows, due to intensive hawk activity (Merlins and Cooper’s Hawk), were 
confined to the thick shrubbery. A handsome male Baltimore Oriole briefly 
perched in the median, but quickly disappeared. A visit to the ponds between 
WE2 produced Pectoral, White-rumped, Semipalmated, and Least Sandpipers as well 
as two Wood Duck, Pintail, Shoveler, Gadwall, and Green-winged Teal. A 
cooperative American Pipit was meandering along the exposed pond edge. At the 
temporary Field 6 entrance through the small parking lot a well-marked Lark 
Sparrow was observed on the west side of the entrance. The incoming traffic 
quickly flushed the bird to the east side of the entrance where it was 
relocated in the early afternoon (photo). The late morning and afternoon proved 
to be much better for sparrows as the raptor activity subsided. Warblers 
numbers are declining quickly (except Yellow-rumped) - I observed only 
Black-throated Blue(1), Black-throated Green(1), and Palm(2).

Ken Feustel

P.S. The annual Breast Cancer walk is at Zach’s Bay tomorrow (Sunday). 
 
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

[Michael Zito]

A quick walk through Jones Beach turned up highlights of a field sparrow, 
northern parula, and a just seen winter wren I spotted by the men's bathroom 
facility.  I was observing the bird with another birder when it took off under 
some cars. Trying to relocate.
Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

[Michael Zito]

This AM Robert Taylor and myself found 2 clay-colored sparrows, at least 2 
field sparrows, and a juvenile white-crowned sparrow by the Coast Guard Station.

Warblers included pine, palm, blackthroated-blue, northern parula, American 
redstart and blackpoll warbler.

Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - Cackling Goose, Golden-Plover, and Rusty Blackbird movement

[Tim Healy]

I've been at Jones Beach since 6:40 today. The strong northern winds definitely 
brought some movement. Early in the day, Brendan Fogarty and I spotted several 
batches of Rusty Blackbirds (totaling about 11) passing overhead. Calls and 
coloration were distinctive, and one was forced to perch in the pines after an 
attack from a Merlin. A calling American Golden-Plover was heard repeatedly 
near the turnaround. Rumps, sparrows, and flickers made up most of the flight. 
Purple Finches and nuthatches are also around, and falcons were hunting. The 
surprise of the morning came when Brendan pointed out a small goose heading 
west with a flock of Canadas. It passed directly overhead, showing its smaller 
size, rapid wingbeats, and shorter neck with a clean white ring around the 
base. The overall coloration was frosty and pale, which was conspicuous even at 
a distance with the naked eye. Photos will be uploaded, but the birders 
fortunate enough to see it agreed everything was consistent for a Richardson's 
Cackling Goose. A search to check the geese at Point Lookout could prove 
fruitful. 

Cheers!
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Fw: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach: Dickcissel, Blue Grosbeak, Caspian Terns, and more

[David Klauber]

in addition Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in the median about 1/2 way to 
turnaround, a Willet out on a sand bar, and Pine,Palm and a possible 
Bay-breasted at the turnaround. After hiding for a while, the all brown Blue 
Grosbeak was seen around 11:30 in the grass near the entrance to the 
fisherman's lot



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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach: Dickcissel, Blue Grosbeak, Caspian Terns, 
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Despite a poor showing on the morning radar and a dismal start to the day at 
Robert Moses, Jones Beach has served up a lovely bit of excitement. The pair of 
Caspian Terns continue at the boat basin, seen resting on Short Beach earlier 
and one in flight just now. A Dickcissel was heard repeatedly calling from the 
outer turnaround as I watched a young White-eyed Vireo chase a Blue-headed in 
the bushes at the main turnaround. Stacey and Kurt found a bird of interest by 
the coast guard fence near the fisherman's road, flagging me over to confirm 
their Blue Grosbeak. Tree Swallow numbers exceed 1000, and there are plenty of 
Yellow-rumps, flickers, and nuthatches around. A single Blackpoll was the only 
non-Myrtle warbler IDed, though there have been plenty of rapid flybys and 
flyovers. Large flock of oystercatchers on the sandbar for high tide now.

Cheers!
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach: Dickcissel, Blue Grosbeak, Caspian Terns, and more

[Tim Healy]

Despite a poor showing on the morning radar and a dismal start to the day at 
Robert Moses, Jones Beach has served up a lovely bit of excitement. The pair of 
Caspian Terns continue at the boat basin, seen resting on Short Beach earlier 
and one in flight just now. A Dickcissel was heard repeatedly calling from the 
outer turnaround as I watched a young White-eyed Vireo chase a Blue-headed in 
the bushes at the main turnaround. Stacey and Kurt found a bird of interest by 
the coast guard fence near the fisherman's road, flagging me over to confirm 
their Blue Grosbeak. Tree Swallow numbers exceed 1000, and there are plenty of 
Yellow-rumps, flickers, and nuthatches around. A single Blackpoll was the only 
non-Myrtle warbler IDed, though there have been plenty of rapid flybys and 
flyovers. Large flock of oystercatchers on the sandbar for high tide now. 

Cheers!
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach west end: shorebirds, gulls

[Robert Taylor]

shorebirds concentrated on the coast guard spit from a very high tide: red
knots, oystercatchers, black bellied plover, dunlin and a possible
candidate for a godwit on the north tip of short beach.. i couldnt get
closer for a better look and didnt bring my scope.. several lesser black
backed gulls including a few adults in west end 2 lot.. tons of flickers
and tree swallows

rob in massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report - Flicker Migration

[Michael Zito]

Flickers are seemingly everywhere at Jones Beach, I just counted 10 in flight 
moving down the beach, and I reached 20 for my total count.

Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach birds

[Tim Healy]

I had the opportunity to swing down to the shore after work. A large hatch out 
of ants provided a feast for about a hundred Laughing Gulls at Jones Beach 
Field 6. The median at the West End featured some nice activity. Ruby-crowned 
Kinglets and Red-breasted Nuthatches were foraging in the pines, and there were 
phoebes and pewees flycatching from the branches. Warblers included several 
Redstarts, a Parula, a Yellow-rump, a bright Pine, and a handsome male Cape May 
who put on quite a show. There were other birds flitting about but the fading 
light put an end to the outing too soon. Multiple Merlins, a Peregrine, and 
some very vocal Black-crowned Night-Herons were also observed. 

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach & Jamaica Bay

[Glenn Wilson]

Thanks to the many people who helped me find the Jones Beach ponds last week. 
Here is a link to the Red-necked Phalarope seen in the ponds and other birds 
who allowed me to see them: 
http://www.wilsonswarblers.com/html_trips/2016_09_06.html

Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach report, 9/12

[Timothy Healy]

I took advantage of a day off from work to check out the beach at first light. 
The winds looked favorable, the radar was busy, and last night at Lido Beach 
there were almost constantly flight calls of migrants passing overhead. Jones 
experienced an initially promising, modest flight of birds at sunrise, but the 
activity was short-lived. By 8:30 many of the passage birds had moved through 
and there was little to be found on continued sweeps of the area. My previous 
post described the highlight of the morning, a Dickcissel seen and heard along 
the fisherman's road near the Coast Guard Station. After being discovered at 
6:55, the bird was heard once more around 7:25. Subsequent visits by other 
birders failed to relocate this individual. Bobolinks were the stars of the 
show, with 36 tallied passing overhead mostly early in the day. Redstarts and 
Yellowthroats led the warbler charge, and I found singles of Black-and-white, 
Magnolia, Palm, Yellow, and Parula. A very drab first-year female Cape May and 
one Black-throated Blue of each sex rounded out the family, though many other 
warblers were passing overhead with the dawn flight. Red-breasted Nuthatches 
continue to dominate the landscape, and catbirds were also conspicuous and 
numerous. Other expected landbirds were present in small numbers. Around 9:45, 
I spotted an aerial chase apparently involving several Merlins over the 
turnaround, but raising my binoculars revealed that one of the three birds was 
actually a Common Nighthawk which continued west. 

A brief stop at Hempstead Lake on the way home found it dry and mostly quiet. 
Ovenbird and Northern Waterthrush were added to the day list, alongside Parula, 
Redstart, and two more female-type Black-throated Blues.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones beach ponds.

[Glenn Wilson]

I found them. Some insect found me and LOVES to bite. Anyway, there is a 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE right in front of the blind and 100s of peeps in the back 
seen from the blind. They look mostly to be one species. least maybe. 

Glenn Wilson
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[nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end ponds

[Glenn Wilson]

How do you get to the ponds from jones beach west end 2 parking lot?

Glenn Wilson
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End ponds: Bairds Sandpiper

[Robert Taylor]

Most of the shorebirds have left except for about 20 semipalmated
sandpipers, Least Sandpiper, semipalmated plover, killdeer and a bairds
sandpiper.

2 Caspian Terns flying into the inlet were later seen by other birders at
the coast guard who also reported 2 Royal Terns.  Lots of Red Breasted
Nuthatches.  Seen with Mike Zito.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Report

[Michael Zito]

Birded the Jones Beach ponds this AM with Rob Taylor, here are the highlights:

Stilt Sandpiper (at least 5)
Pectoral Sandpiper (at least 5)
Western Sandpiper (2, thanks to John Gluth)
White-rumped Sandpiper (multiple)
Virginia Rail, got a great look at this guy who came out feet in front of us 
and put on a show. 

No sign of any buff-breasted sandpipers or red-necked phalaropes.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach - landbirds on the move and continuing shorebirds

[Tim Healy]

I birded Jones Beach from 6:20-10:10 this morning. There was no sign of either 
Sora or Virginia Rail at the dune ponds, but there good numbers of shorebirds 
continue including White-rumped Sandpiper, three Stilt Sandpipers, and a 
Whimbrel which flew west around 7:45. Others reported seeing Solitary and 
Pectoral Sandpipers. A young Peregrine also visited the ponds, and several 
dozen Great Egrets passed over heading west early in the morning. 

I swept the coast guard station, fisherman's road, and median, turning up a 
decent variety of early migrants. Small flocks of Red-wings and Bobolinks 
passed overhead, and I found good numbers of Yellowthroats and Redstarts. N. 
Waterthrush, two Black-and-whites, a Yellow, and briefly-seen possible 
Magnolia, as well as some unseen flyover "zeeps", rounded out the warblers. 
Great Crested Flycatchers, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Baltimore Oriole, and Cedar 
Waxwings were also encountered. Barn, Tree, and Bank Swallows were all present. 

Cheers!
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Ponds

[Michael Zito]

Birded the Jones Beach Ponds this AM with Rob Taylor.
Ponds are still very active.
Birds included:
Virginia Rail adult with Juvenile
Sora
Pectoral Sandpipers (3 seen)
Stilt Sandpiper
White-Rumped Sandpiper
Blue-Winged Teal
Red Knots (several)

Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach rails - Sora & Virginia Nassau County

[David Klauber]

Last evening from 6 to dark(8) I looked for the Sora reported earlier by Ken 
Feustel.The light was perfect, so of course no Sora. However Brendan Fogarty 
found an immature Virginia Rail skulking in the southeast corner of the 
easternmost small pond, but it quickly ran off into the phrags towards the east 
not to be seen again.


Early this morning Brendan found an adult Virginia Rail on the western edge of 
the same small pond (the easternmost one closest to the nature center, east of 
the blind). Around 7:45 I saw 2 rails, one of which turned out to be the Sora, 
at the western edge of the channel (not far from where Ken reported it), this 
time on the northern edge of the small channel connecting the ponds, where it 
opens into the large pond that is directly south of the blind. We never saw the 
second rail again, which I suspect was an immature Virginia, but the Sora was 
there until at least 9 when I left. It often disapperaed into the phrags on the 
north edge but sometimes came into the open. Viewing point was by the blind. 
There were also 1 or 2 Pectoral sandpipers. Very nice find, Ken

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach rails YES - 8/19 AM

[Brendan Fogarty]

Hi everyone,
An adult Virginia Rail was in the easternmost West End pond this morning (where 
the juvenile Virginia was yesterday evening) at 6:30, and the Sora was showing 
poorly when I left at 7:45, still in the little channel between the easternmost 
and widest West End pond. So there are at least three individuals around. 
Icterid migration was evident with a flock of 20 Boblinks. There were also a 
few flyover warblers (incl. Black-and-White, Northern Waterthrush) and a 
Baltimore Oriole, all flying over the ponds. Most birds seen with Dave Klauber 
and Bob Anderson.
Best, Brendan FogartyHempstead, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach rails (Nassau)

[Brendan Fogarty]

Hi everyone,

Dave Klauber and I failed to spot or hear the Sora at the ponds his evening, 
but we had a brief but definitive look at a sprinting juvenile Virginia Rail, 
all the way in the southeast corner of the little easternmost pond there. 
Shorebird diversity was nice, half a dozen White-rumpeds, a Pec, and a juvenile 
Stilt.

Best,
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach shorebirds (Nassau Co.) 7/27

[John Gluth]

When faced with such illegal drone intrusion, it sure would it be nice to 
possess a focussed signal jammer that could send these aerial nuisances 
plummeting to earth. No law enforcement personnel need be involved. It would 
also obviate unavoidable yet pointless fantasies involving skeet shooting.  ;-)
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach shorebirds (Nassau Co.) 7/27

[Brendan Fogarty]

Hi everyone,

Shorebirds found somewhere better to be this afternoon on high tide, but the 
last few days have brought Stilt, White-rumped, Pectoral, and Western 
Sandpipers to the ponds between West End  field 2 and TR Nature Center. Today 
my highlight were three Western Willets flying with an Eastern, calling 
"split me! split me!".

My lowlight was a fancy drone that appeared 
Star-Wars-Episode-V-imperial-probe-droid-from-the-very-beginning-style quite 
close to me. It flew low over the ponds, scaring shorebirds. Drone flying is 
illegal at Jones Beach. Call the police ONLY if you SEE SOMEONE OPERATING a 
drone. Not much they can do otherwise. State Park Police: (631) 321--3700, or 
ask to be redirected via 911.

Also two dog ticks. Stay safe, stay smart, and happy shorebird season.

Brendan Fogarty 
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Shorebirds

[Robert Taylor]

Was at the ponds at Jones Beach West until 1:30 - lots of shorebirds: short
billed dowitchers, both yellowlegs, semi plovers and sandpipers as well as
the continuing Stilt and Pectoral Sandpipers.  (west and east side
respectively) A NYC birder had reported hearing a possible Least Bittern
yesterday but I could not locate one.

When I returned to check out the coast guard sandbar, no shorebirds were
present - too many vacationers scared them off.  Saw a flycatcher -
assuming Willow by the restroom building.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

[Michael Zito]

Walked the fisherman's road with Rob Taylor by the Coast Guard Station, 
highlights included:

Summer Tanager (spotted by Rob)
Eastern Wood Pee-Wee
Willow Flycatcher (multiple)
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (female)
Red-eyed Vireo (multiple)

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

[Michael Zito]

Didn't spend a lot of time but there are plenty of blackpolls, magnolia, and 
American redstarts around.  Also there are many red-eyed vireos and I saw a 
single willow flycatcher. 

Mike Z.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach nightjar (Nassau County)

[Pat Palladino]

On Saturday, a few people caught a glimpse of a nightjar (apparent Chuck-wills 
Widow) at Jones Beach West End. In an attempt to hear the Chuck, I headed down 
there this evening and was greeted by a calling Whip-poor-will. It called for 
about 15 minutes, then began its hunt, flying once through my headlight beams. 
Early tomorrow morning may be a good opportunity to catch this bird before it 
roosts for the day. 

Pat Palladino


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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

[Michael Zito]

I was unsuccessful at locating the Wilson's Phalarope early this morning at 
Captree Island.  Tide and windy weather conditions did not help.  I then moved 
onto Jones.  

Highlights of Jones Beach:
Bay-Breasted Warbler (female)
Blackburnian Warbler (female)
Magnolia Warbler - multiple
Prairie Warbler - multiple
Yellow Warbler - multiple, M and F 
Common Yellowthroat - multiple, M and F
Northern Parula - at least 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - multiple
American Redstart - multiple 

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report (cont.)

[Michael Zito]

In the same location:
Magnolia 
Common Yellowthroat (heard, multiple)
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee

Mike Z

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> On May 11, 2016, at 8:10 AM, Michael Zito  wrote:
> 
> So far this AM on the fisherman's road by the coast guard station there has 
> been the following birds:
> Black throated blue
> Worm eating
> Northern parula
> Yellow
> Yellow rumped 
> Rose breasted grosbeak (female)
> Baltimore Oriole 
> 
> Not exactly hopping, but not bad either.  Birds were kind of high up, not 
> ideal for photography.
> 
> Mike Z
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Report

[Michael Zito]

So far this AM on the fisherman's road by the coast guard station there has 
been the following birds:
Black throated blue
Worm eating
Northern parula
Yellow
Yellow rumped 
Rose breasted grosbeak (female)
Baltimore Oriole 

Not exactly hopping, but not bad either.  Birds were kind of high up, not ideal 
for photography.

Mike Z

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