Sue and I spent Tuesday morning conducting a breeding bird survey at Caumsett State Park. It was a warm day and bird song was light after 9:00AM. Nevertheless, we recorded 62 species for the morning. Highlights included an Eastern Meadowlark on territory in the western fields; two tardy Atlantic Brant on the shore of Long Island Sound(LIS); a Great Horned Owl hooting at 9:00AM; a total of twenty American Redstarts calling on "Redstart Road", the main east-west vehicle trail that parallels LIS; an Acadian Flycatcher calling in the woods west of Fresh Pond; and a total of 55 Yellow Warblers, a species that seems to be everywhere this year.
On the negative side we failed to record a single Carolina Wren in a location that has been a traditional stronghold for the species. No Brown Thrashers were observed, although they seem to be doing well on the barrier beach at West End and RMSP. Ken & Sue Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
