viewed from this location at 07.11 on 8-22-19
Parking before 9am or after 6pm.
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Arie Gilbert
No. Babylon NY
www.PowerBirder.Blogspot.com
www.QCBirdClub.org
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Went offshore yesterday, had high numbers of Wilson's Storm Petrels with
some larger flocks. A conservative total count would be in the 200s. Birds
were concentrated in areas of bait fish slicks. Also had a single Jaeger
Sp. in the distance cruise by a dragger. Noticeably absent were shearwaters
in
The American Avocet found by Myles Stokowski a few days ago was still present
on the southwest bank at Mecox inlet in Southampton at 4:15.
It’s in with a group of mainly Greater black backed gulls, looking skinny.
Many people were skampering about the shore of the pond 50 feet from the bird
an
Hit some of the usual spots. 20 shorebird species with the best being the
American Avocet at Mecox at dawn and 9 Marbled Godwits, a Stilt Sandpiper and a
Whimbrel at Cupsogue.
Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton has also had up to 5 Whimbrels this week.
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I may have caught something in the way of a Black Tern movement at Jones
Beach today. From 12:20 to 1:00, I observed 6 individuals (1 or 2 at a time)
moving westward through the channel, heading toward Jones Inlet. The
observation point was where the Brown Pelican was first being seen two weeks
ago
After reading Arie Gilbert's post re: finding an A. Avocet at "Mecox" this
AM (although his coordinates put the bird at the Tiana Beach Bay Side
Marina, Dune Rd., E. Quogue) I found this Avocet at 4:30 PM, just a tad
east of the marina, at the sandy beach built up by the breach caused by our
last h