A kayak trip to a spit of land in Reeves Bay yielded well over 50 Least Tern nests and some Common Terns that exhibited territorial behavior. A lone piping plover was feeding on the sand flats in addition to a few Willets and American Oystercatchers. Photos of the Least Terns can be seen here: http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2011/06/nesting-least-terns.html
Also, Anthony Graves visited New Made Island in Moriches Bay over the weekend and found around 50 Common Tern Nests with between 1 and 3 eggs. The nearby marsh island that has historically been used to breed had 0 nests after the full moon high tide wiped out whatever was there. -- - Luke Ormand, Flanders www.birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com www.wildlongisland.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
