Morning visits to the above parks (7-9 & 9:15-10:30 respectively) turned up several nice birds. It was a matter of quality over quantity at Belmont Lake, where among the 10 warbler species present Yellow-rumped and Yellow were the most abundant, but where single BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, Blackpoll, and Magnolia warblers were also found. Other notable migrants included Indigo Bunting (2), Scarlet Tanager (2), Eastern Kingbird (2), and Red-eyed Vireo (6).
The highlights at Gardiner County Park were mostly waterbirds. A VIRGINIA RAIL was giving "kiddick" calls from within the small freshwater marsh halfway down the main trail to the beach. In that same marsh were 6 Glossy Ibis. Another dozen ibis were out on the salt marsh and eastern creek. Also out on the bayside marsh and/or beach were Willet (8), Greater Yellowlegs (2), Least Sandpiper (7), and Semipalmated Plover (2). Habitat-specific passerines included SEASIDE (1) and SALTMARSH (2-3) sparrows, MARSH WREN (2), and WILLOW FLYCATCHER (1), the latter two species only heard. Out over the Great South Bay, 3 tern species were present—Forster's, Common, and Least. -- 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/ --
