Although I didn't quite make first light, I was on station (Osborne & Sound Aves, Riverhead - Osborne side) by 7:40 this morning, with only killdeer, 2 pectorals, and starlings in evidence. Diana Teta arrived minutes later, as well as The Birding McBriens, who pulled up a short time after that. No more than 15 minutes elapsed, before Michael found the baird's, in the company of a few leasts, quite a way's out. Then, as from out of nowhere, ~ 4 or 5 more leasts appeared, giving weight to the "dip" theory...for no one saw them fly in. For an encore, moments later, Michael called our attention to the Upland Sandpiper flying over the middle of the sod field, and heading directly towards us. The bird flew right over our position, providing all with wonderful views !
Next stop for all of us was the sod field on the s/s of Sound Ave, just e/o the Roanoke Vineyards, located between Roanoke Ave and Doctors Path. It was delightful to find Doug Futuyma already there, looking at 42 Golden Plovers ! This number grew to 61, plus a single Black-bellied Plover, when another flock of goldens joined the original group. We then (minus Diana, who had left earlier) headed east to check out a farm pond in the Northville area, where we had Green Heron, Lesser Yellowlegs and Spotted Sandpiper. I had to leave the group then, while they traveled on to the duck farm in Aquebogue...which can be quite productive ! Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
