At Pike's Beach this morning there were good numbers of shorebirds (over a thousand) but poor variety. A single Sooty Shearwater was the best we could muster on the ocean off Pike's. At Cupsogue County Park we had approx. one hundred twenty terns on the flats about an hour before dead low tide, including Roseate (3), Forster's (9), and one first summer Arctic Tern, among the expected Commons and Leasts. A first stop at Gabreski Airport on the way to the beach yielded a few Vesper Sparrows and Eastern Bluebirds. A persistent southeast wind (initially northeast) made for a cool day out on the mudflats, with weather more reminiscent of April than late May.
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