The highlights from 2 tide cycles at Cupsogue today include the following: BROWN PELICAN (BRPE): observed during an early morning seawatch. The bird touched down briefly and then continued on heading in a NW direction. I kept an eye on the nearby sand spits hoping it may have circled back but it apparently kept on going.
Roseate Terns (2) Flagged Semipalmated Sandpiper - this one I was able to read. Ringed Short-billed Dowitcher - I have not seen many of these in the field so it was a treat to find one. This bird had 4 color rings in addition to its federal band. I am looking forward to finding out who uses this banding scheme. Wild Turnkey with 2 chicks - notable for me as it is my first for Cupsogue. Lesser Black-backed Gulls 3, aged as 2Cy and 3Cy types. The Tern numbers were again low with not much variety. Shorebird numbers appear to hold steady. Although there was a definite uptick in Short-billed Dowitchers as I broke the 200 count today. Other than the Brown Pelican in the AM, the seawatching was non productive. Cheers, -------- "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 mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --