Jones Beach West End 2 Sep Our usual group walked through a baron swale to the ocean and then east to the beach puddles. We set up on the beach (to have the sun at our backs). Shorebirds were moving in and out and eventually a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER flew in and stayed a while before flying off.
On the ocean there was a movement of a few gulls and a stream of Common Terns flying west. A dark bird came down at one of the terns and then flew west in the trough of the waves and fairly close to shore. PARASITIC JAEGER!! Is this a forerunner of hurricane fall-out? On the way back to the car, 5 peep and a number of Semipalmated Plover were in the swale. Scopes revealed that all 5 were BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
