[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Dovekies

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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info:

Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End now open for bird watching

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

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End now open for bird watching

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 t

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

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

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

-- Forwarded message - 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

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

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/

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

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 Jone

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

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 t

[nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end closed

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 sp

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

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

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

As of 12:40 pm the Brown Pelican is sitting on the cement jetty next to the Coast Guard Station -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm A

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station (Nassau) Royal Tern

Royal Tern now sitting on the bar just offshore (Coast Guard Station) 2:00 pm -- 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:/

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

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

[nysbirds-l] Jones beach West End

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 t

[nysbirds-l] Jones beach West End

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 ,

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station update

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 the Oystercatchers. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWE

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

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/Wild

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Ash-throated Flycatcher still present

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 chased it into the median brush.) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.Northe

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

on gravelly part of swale with 5 horned larks, flock of snow buntings on beach. Rob in Massapequa -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

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

Due to boater disturbance the Brown Pelicans left the bar and are flying east. -- 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:

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

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. Happy birding Anupam -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastB

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

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 Blac

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

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

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Lark Sparrow continues

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 Station with other Terns. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Lark Sparrow still present

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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRUL

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

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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULE

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

male Bobolink on south side of median, single Black Skimmer at Coast Guard Station. Rob from Massapequa -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLea

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

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

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

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

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

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

[nysbirds-l] Jones beach west end ponds

How do you get to the ponds from jones beach west end 2 parking lot? Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY www.WilsonsWarbler.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurat

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

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 Nuth

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Report

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 an

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Shorebirds

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 yesterda

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End and Point Lookout

2 Horned Grebes were at the Coast Guard Station, one in breeding plumage. A brief and windy visit to the western most Point Lookout jetty revealed approximately 15 Purple Sandpipers, 15 Long-tailed Ducks, 1 Common Eider, 1 Dunlin, and a bunch of Sanderlings. Happy birding... Martin Carney -- NYS

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End; Sparrows, Purple Finch

Was at the west end from 7:30-9:30 this morning - highlights were a pair of Purple Finches in the hedgerow by the Coast Guard (male singing) continuing Lark Sparrow, Tree Sparrows, Field Sparrow, several Boat Tailed Grackles, Cowbirds, decent views of Long Tailed Ducks, Horned Grebe. Also saw my F

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: Iceland Gull

Kumliens Iceland Gull continues on west end 2 lot, Lark Sparrow out, Boat Tailed Grackles at Coast Guard as well as my FOS Oystercatchers Good birding, Rob in Massapequa -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Police Station

Dear fellow birders, Please respect the security of the grounds surrounding Park Police station in the West End of Jones Beach. The area is clearly posted that it is closed to the public. Unfortunately it's all too easy to understand why. Good birding! Annie -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://w

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End--LARK SPARROW-yes

Jones Beach West End 16 Oct Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking in the previously seen LARK SPARROW locations without luck but finally came across it at the turnaround. It appeared on the lawn on both sides of the road.adjacent to the shrubbery to which it retreated when cars drove by. It

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: Royal Terns, Scoters

2 Royal Terns on sandbar 2 continuing Black Scoter 1 continuing Surf Scoter + 7 new arrivals Rob in Massapequa birding with Mike Duval -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSu

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach west end 25 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

This afternoon around 5 PM in the eastern parking lot of WE2 there were 25 Lesser Black backed Gulls, ranging from 1st summers through adults. The strong winds made land birding difficult. The only warblers seen were a Prairie and Yellow-rumped. On the spit were Skimmers, Oystercatchers, Sanderli

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

didn't see this reported, I had a yellow-billed cuckoo in the median and also got an American Kestrel seemingly going after some dragonflies. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.No

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End - Multiple Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Black Tern, Jetty peeps

I spent the last hours of daylight on the shore at Jones Beach West End today. It was not intended as a birding trip, but I still managed to spy some interesting visitors. The local breeders were out in force, with several young Piping Plovers and Least Terns observed and Common Terns still ferryin

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: tagged Semi-palmated Sandpiper

Hi Everyone, I was by the coast guard station from around sunrise to 7am- lots of shorebirds including Oystercatchers, groups of Willetts, semi palmated sandpipers and plovers, and sanderlings. One of the semi-palmated sandpiper had a yellow tag on its leg- took a photo but lighting was bad and c

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: Red Phalarope-No, other shorebirds - Yes

Hi Everyone, I went looking for the Red Phalarope this morning starting around sunrise - I checked each of the west end ponds but did not see it - a lot of them have grown over and Canada Geese and Robins have moved in - still other shorebirds were present: Semi-Palmated Sandpipers/ Plovers, Killd

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach west end spring arrivals plus

Not much that hasn't been seen elsewhere recently, but a nice mix of new arrivals and lingering birds this afternoon between 2 and 3:30. There were some Meadowlarks - one at the turnaround near the police station with Killdeer, and another 2 at the far entrance to the WE2 lot-, a good variety of

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Jones Beach West End 30 Nov Quick summary: MARBLED GODWIT on the bar; Ground-Dove not found as of noon, numerous birders looking; COMMON EIDER flyby in the inlet; SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS on the lawn by the Coast Guard lot before flying off toward the swale. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Jones Beach West End 12 Oct A birdy morning with lots to look at and an interesting mix of species. This is a composite list from the 7 or 8 of us enjoying the company and birding together. Raptors included OSPREY, NORTHERN HARRIER, SHARP-SHINNED AND COOPER'S HAWK, MERLIN AND PEREGRINE FALCON p

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: Ring Necked Pheasant

Hi Everyone, Normally I don't post multiple times during one day, but every time I was out it was an unplanned last minute thing...I drove through the West End with my family before sunset just for the sake of taking a leisurely drive - I just happened to bring my camera and binoculars in the car.

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End, Massapequa Preserve Part 2

Hi Everyone, Went back to Jones Beach West End and Masspequa Preserve today- same as yesterday except there were ~10 Black Bellied Plovers and some Dunlin on the sandbar by the Coast Guard Station. There were ~ 20 female Brown Headed Cowbirds mixed in with a flock of Starlings on the median. Als

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End, Massapequa: Phoebes, Cedar Waxwings, Horned Grebes

Hi Everyone, I stopped by the Jones Beach West End today - lots of Robins, Starlings, and Red-winged Blackbirds. There were a decent amount of Flickers and 4 Killdeer were in the median by the booth. Also saw 2 Phoebes. At the Coast Guard Station, there were at least 6 Horned Grebes - some with

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach: West End II. Birds and a lifer mammal.

A walk with Ed Becher today from the coast guard station through the center median, down to the shoreline and along the inlet produced a nice selection of birds and a lifer mammal in the form of an adult male Gray Seal. The usual suspects were in evidence with highlights being a lingering pair of E

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: ducks and Tree Swallow

Hi Everyone, I was at Jones Beach this morning - despite the flurries, saw a lot of birds. At the Coast Guard Marina, saw Red Breasted Mergansers, Scaup, Horned Grebes, Long Tailed Ducks, Brant, Red Throated and Common Loons. On the median saw about a dozen Robins, Flicker, Red Winged Blackbird

Re: [nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty)

> yellow tinge on the throat like the Common Crackle. > > Scott Varney > Moreau, NY > > Sent from my HTC One on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network > > - Reply message - > From: "Robert Taylor" > To: "nysbirds-l" > Subject: [nysbirds-l]

[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty)

twork - Reply message - From: "Robert Taylor" To: "nysbirds-l" Subject: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) Date: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 12:25 AM Hi Everyone, Thanks for everyone's help with the blackbir

RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

bounce-112709789-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Taylor, Robert Michael Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:15 AM To: Voisine, Matthew NAN02; Robert Taylor; nysbirds-l Cc: Taylor, Robert Michael Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk,

RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

: Voisine, Matthew NAN02 Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE They look like Rusty Blackbirds (forgot to say that in earlier post) based on the

RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

; nysbirds-l Cc: Taylor, Robert Michael Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED) Hi Matthew, I have to admit I'm not an expert an Icterids - I'm mostly a duck kinda guy. I've

RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

02 Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:04 AM To: Robert Taylor; nysbirds-l Cc: Voisine, Matthew NAN02 Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE How could

RE: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) (UNCLASSIFIED)

-Original Message- From: bounce-112701081-8614...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112701081-8614...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Taylor Sent: Monday, 24 February, 2014 0:25 To: nysbirds-l Subject: [EXTERNAL] [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty)

Hi Everyone, Thanks for everyone's help with the blackbird ID from yesterday - most are saying they were Boat Tailed Grackles and not Rusty Blackbirds. Speaking of blackbirds, at Jones Beach West End and by Meadowbrook Parkway I saw Red Wing Blackbirds and Boat Tailed Grackles. At the Coast Guar

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End and Point Lookout

Yesterday, Mike Kravatz and I birded Jones Beach West End 2 and Point Lookout with marvelous results: about halfway between the West End 2 parking lot and the inlet, we saw 2 Snowy Owls (guided by a number of people); a flock of about 50 Snow Buntings was at the Nature Center; the first jetty (west

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End- Shrike, Snowy Owls

Dec. 2, 2013 After some searching I found the N. Shrike at 3:30 in the Fisherman's Parking lot just past the Coast Guard station. After talking to people in the west end of Jones Beach I believe that there are at least 6 Snowy Owls in the Jones Beach/Point Lookout area. Some owls were fo

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Point Lookout: ducks, horned grebe

Hi Everyone, I visited the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station this afternoon - besides Brant and double-crested comorants, saw about a dozen Red-Breasted Mergansers inside the sandbar area (my FOS) and a few small flocks of Long Tailed Ducks on the outside of the sandbar. (Also saw a seal by Field 1

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: Brant and Hermit Thrush

Hi Everyone, I was by the Coast Guard Station around 1pm checking for wintering ducks/ late shorebirds - not much going on with that - saw lots of Brant, (huge flock flying in), Canada Geese, Gulls and Comorants. (I noticed that the "spit" can be hopping one minute and be totally dead later on.)

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End 10/5

A couple of interesting birds from Jones Beach West End 2 (western median strip), visited with Emily Peyton. Didn't seem very birdy, but as happens during hawk migration, passerines were lurking in the scrub. Highlights: Several Merlins hunting and/or migrating 4-5 Palm Warblers 2 Blue

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End Report...

Resisting the urge to bird some of my local parks, I instead opted for some barrier beach birding. My first and last stop was at Jones Beach where I birded with Tom Burke and Gail Benson for most of the morning into the afternoon. The highlights were: Adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, seen in the

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station 28 July Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) spent the morning overlooking the bar in front of the marina. As the tide increased, small numbers of shorebirds arrived till there were in excess of a hundred. The mix included a dozen Willet, both Semipalmated Plover and Sa

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

A quick spin through Jones Beach West End today at 3pm between work appointments revealed 4 1st year White-crowned Sparrows by the Coast Guard station hedgerow, along with 2 Juncos, 2 Song Sparrows and a Chipping Sparrow. One sharpie was hunting in the area. A breeding plumage Horned Grebe was i

RE: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End and Point Lookout...

3...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-74127634-8873...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Baksh Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 5:03 PM To: nysbirds-l Cc: Nyc ebirds Subject: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End and Point Lookout... First the negative report: Last Sunday's GASSHOPPER SPARROW

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End and Point Lookout...

First the negative report: Last Sunday's GASSHOPPER SPARROW and the GLAUCOUS GULL reported earlier in the week were no shows today at West End Jones Beach. Today, birds were sparse and hard to come by despite a careful search of the surrounding areas. Highlights included the following: RED and WH

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Joe Giunta's Brooklyn Botanical Garden birding class visited Jones Beach (27 Oct) starting at the Coast Guard Station. Arriving at high tide, the bar was covered with lingering AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK SKIMMER,.BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, DUNLIN and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. Also noted were a f

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

This morning I made my first fall venture to the West End of Jones Beach. Nothing unusual to report - the most unique find for me were several Cedar Waxwings which I don't recall seeing during past migrations. Merlins were aplenty - chasing off many birds including a lot of Northern Flickers. I

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

There was a great movement of birds, butterflies, and dragonflies along the beaches today. Merlins were snagging dragonflies and snacking on the wing. Several large groups of swallows (mostly tree with some bank seen) heading west from robert moses and the ocean parkway lead to a massive swirling

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End-Bald Eagle

Jones Beach West End 21 August After a perusal of the bar at Short Beach Island, a walk through the median and a return to the marina, an all dark BALD EAGLE flew over coming from the south at 10:45 AM. The eagle was accompanied be a flock of screaming terns. It momentarily landed in the ph

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End 2 Brown Pelicans

Tom Burke and I are watching 2 Brown Pelicans feeding on the bar in Jones Inlet off the Coast Guard Station with Andrew Baksh at 11 am. Gail Benson. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End (Nassau Co.) : 5-5-12

In nearly 4 hours of birding at Jones Beach West End, Andrew Baksh and I tallied a total of 74 species, with a few nice highlights. The day began (7:00 AM) at the sandbar, seen well from around the Gazebo area where there were expected numbers of various shorebirds, including a few Semipalmat

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End, 28-Jan 2012

Mona and I visited the west end of Jones Beach today, and although the Snowy Owl wasn't where I had seen him previously (on the w/s of the trail to the beach that exits the SW corner of the parking lot), the balmy weather and few birds we saw still made for a fabulous day. At the Short Beach CG ba

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Jones Beach West End, 26 January Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) started at the Coast Guard Marina at high tide. Among the Brant covering the bar were AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and DUNLIN. Single AMERICAN and SURF SCOTERS plus LONG-TAILED DUCKS were in the water. Driving to We

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach/West End This Morning (Nassau Co.)

We spent two hours at West End this morning, scoping Jones Inlet and the sandbar at the West End Marina. Among a flock of some eight hundred Dunlin were two basic plumaged Western Sandpipers. On the lawn between the bathrooms and the gazebo an American Pipit put in a brief appearance. Birds in t

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End, et al., Iceland Gull, Red-shouldered Hawk

Could not find a Little Gull among the approximately 200 Bonaparte's Gulls working Jones Inlet in high winds today, but did have 12 RAZORBILL, including several very close to the eastern jetty, the continuing bleach-white SNOWY OWL, a first-cycle ICELAND GULL fighting the breeze at the Coastguar

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Jones Beach West End; 25 October Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo, and I (Sy Schiff) started at the bar in front of the marina. Among the 800-1,000 shorebirds, were an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 2 MARBLED GODWIT, a WILLET and a ROYAL TERN hidden among the resting gulls. FORSTER'S TERNS continue fishing i

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

This morning I was at Jones Beach West End from 7:30-9:30 and had some success. The winds were not favorable but they were present enough to keep mosquitos at bay. On the raptor front I had 2 Cooper's, 1 Sharp-shinned, at least 5 osprey (several juveniles), 1 Northern Harrier and 3 merlin. With

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End: Godwits, Golden-Plover and Terns

Jones Beach West End 2 Oct Quick summary. Caspian and Royal Terns flying in the inlet; 3 Hudsonian and 2 Marbled Godwit huddled together with Willets on the bar by the marina; 2 American Golden-Plover in the swale and a Juv. Lesser Black-backed Gull on the beach in front of the swale..Gorgeous

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

At about 3:30 today there was a very unusual American tree sparrow at the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station. It had the rufous cap and two white wing bars as normal, however its head was not gray, but spotty black. Above what would be the rufous eye line was a slight bit of gray before the cap

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Danny Melore, Alan Goodman, and I paid a brief visit to Jones Beach West End today from about 11 AM until about 12:30 PM. Highlights were 22 American Pipits feeding in the median and shoulders between the Coast Guard Station and the nature center, the previously-reported Snow Goose mixed in wi

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

This afternoon drove over to Jones Beach West End. There's an adult white morph snow goose foraging with a small group of Canada Geese in front of the NYS Park Police Station. At the Coast Guard station there was a Horned Grebe rather close to the dock and just to the east of the sand spit along

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach west end: Orange-crowned Warbler, Purple Sandpipers, & N. Shrike

The high points of the 5 hours (8:15-1:15) I spent birding the west end of Jones Beach State Park today (Sunday), included the following: an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, observed along the fisherman's trail that runs down to the beach from the southwest corner of Parking Field 2; 15 PURPLE SANDPIPERS on

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End 2 - Cave Swallow

Hi all, This afternoon, roughly between 1 and 2 PM, my mom and I observed one CAVE SWALLOW foraging around the West End 2 parking lot and the far west entrance to the parking lot. It was loosely associating with some Tree Swallows, but seemed to be avoiding the larger group of them that would occ

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End- Northern Shrike, Marbled Godwit, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskins

I started out this morning at the Coast Guard Station where the sand spit was devoid of birds.  I tried scoping out the flats across the channel, but the foggy conditions didn't help.  So I resorted to walking the median where there were several flocks of Pine Siskins, Goldfinches, and a suprise

[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 l

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End - Pine Siskins, Am. Goldfinches

In pursuit of crossbills this morning I only came across good numbers of Pine Siskins and American Goldfinches. A few Northern Harriers were seen by the Nature Center and Red-Breasted Nuthatches were also plentiful. Along Ocean Bay Parkway an Osprey was spotted perched. Photos of these birds can

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End...

I spent a quiet morning at Jones Beach birding around the Coast Guard Station and the median to West End. The Marbled Godwit continues as well as a couple of Royal Terns seen on and around the bar near the Coast Guard Station. Other notables included 3 Harlequin Ducks, 1 White-winged scoter, 1 Su

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Jones Beach 10 Nov Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) started at the Coast Guard Station parking lot. We flushed a Winter Wren from the vegetation by the concession stand on our way to the gazebo. On the bar were the usual suspects including the MARBLED GODWIT and ROYAL TERN. Again lot

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Jones Beach 9 Nov. Cold sunny day with a brisk wind. Our usual group with a few additions birded the west end. We are beginning to miss the pines and their screening from the wind, Still it was a good day. Sparrows, all common, were numerous with substantial numbers of Juncos. Overhead, Goldfi

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

I visited Jones Beach West End this morning and had several GC-kinglets and Yellow-Rumped warblers by the Coast Guard station and 1 Brown Creeper. Overhead big numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds and Northern Flickers were moving in addition to 40 + Sharp-shinned Hawks. An American Kestrel and Merlin

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

This afternoon took a ride to JB West End CG station. In the hedgerow area I and another birder named Harry, saw a Dickcissel and a Lincoln's Sparrow among the usual sparrows. and as mentioned lots of Juncos. The lone Marbled Godwit was still present in the sandbar area (the far side) with 3 We

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End

Jones Beach West End 20 October Land birding was slow except for the always present Yellow-rumped Warblers.. The interest, for me, was on the bar in front of the marina. Here there were some hundreds of shorebirds to look through:--~125 Black-bellied Plover; 1 Golden Plover, several passes bef

Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End & Pt. Lookout

As an addendum, Barb Saunders and I found a Lapland Longspur in the "rock pile" yesterday. Ardith Bondi On 10/18/10 4:49 PM, Sy Schiff wrote: Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) later joined by Joe Giunta and Pat Jones birded the West End. The hedgerow edge by the Coast Guard Station had a nice c

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End & Pt. Lookout

Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) later joined by Joe Giunta and Pat Jones birded the West End. The hedgerow edge by the Coast Guard Station had a nice concentration of sparrows (7 common species). The walk to the turnaround produced few additional birds (Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted Nuthatch,

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