I birded the above 3 locations in central Suffolk County today, from 7:30-2:15. My main objective at Rocky Point was to see if the Kentucky Warbler that had established a territory there last year had returned. The bird was neither heard nor seen in its previous location or the surrounding woodlands. But good numbers of a nice suite of migrant breeders was present, as was an interesting transient--an ALDER FLYCATCHER. The Alder was not seen, but it sang repeatedly from scrubby transitional habitat, approximately here: 40.942670° -72.912199°. A video (captured just for the audio) can be reviewed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgluth_brb/8859497752/ Another interesting find was a vigorously singing N. Parula. A late migrant just passing through, or setting up a territory like the Kentucky did? A singing Blackpoll Warbler was in close proximity. Full eBird list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14261711
Highlights of 31 species found at Wildwood--a location I hadn't been to in years and had never birded before--included both cuckoos (1 Black-billed, 2 Yellow-billed), 20+ Cedar Waxwings (some seen gritting and others feeding each other in the trees), and 4 Blackpoll Warblers. Full eBird list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14262105 At EPCAL, at least 1 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen and heard singing south of the west runway, seen from outside the gate on Grumman Blvd across from Line Road. The runway is still not accessible to driving due to the continuing storage there of some Sandy-wrecked cars. An E. Meadowlark or two were also heard. -- 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/ --
