I looked for the Brewer's Blackbird that I found yesterday in the Town of Porter between 9:30 and 10:30. There were a couple mixed blackbird and Starling flocks around, though they seemed smaller than yesterday's flock. Unfortunately, except for a few Starlings and a pair of Cowbirds, none of them flew into the pasture to feed while I was there. I tried looking at the birds in the trees but it was difficult with backlighting, branches, and wind. I saw one RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
Returning directly home (well, about as directly as a birder can), I stopped at a wet field along Youngstown-Wilson Road and had 11 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. My other stop was at the Wilson piers, where there were still numbers of CASPIAN (about 40) and COMMON TERNS (about 20). The big surprise here, even more surprising than yesterday's Brewer's Blackbird, was a record-early SANDERLING. As far as I am aware, this is the earliest in Kingbird Region 1 by over a month. This time I got photos. J A photo or two of the Sanderling will be up on my Flickr site shortly: https://www.flickr.com/photos/107683885@N07/ Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com <http://www.betsypottersart.com/> 2013 Big Year: http://www.betsypottersart.com/willie-s-photos/2013-big-year/ Big Year List: http://www.happtech.com/BigYearDanna/CurrentList/ShowCurrentListTable.aspx Odenates: http://www.betsypottersart.com/willie-s-photos/dragonflies -- 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/ --
