We birded the barrier beach this morning , observing a fair movement of birds dominated by Yellow-rumped Warblers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and White-throated and Song Sparrows. We had a Lincoln's Sparrow at the northwest corner of Robert Moses State Park Field 2, a flyby Pine Siskin, and a Blue Grosbeak at the entrance to Field 5. There was a fair smattering of White-crowned Sparrows (15) among the White-throats and Songs, and a small number of Purple Finch (10).
At West End there was a Marbled Godwit, found by another birder mixed in with the numerous Oystercatchers and other shorebirds on the bar at the WE2 Marina. We did not bird the swale today, but on Saturday afternoon the number of Pectoral Sandpipers had increased to seven, along with a small number of White-rumped Sandpipers (6), Dunlin (2), and a lone Least Sandpiper. We tallied fifty Eastern Phoebes for this mornings birding. Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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/ --
