I scanned the bay flats behind Shinnecock and Moriches Inlet today. Beginning at Shinnecock around 11:00 AM, and scanning north toward the flats, I tallied 11 BLACK TERNS feeding low behind a diving frenzy of Common Terns. Also present on the flats was a single MARBLED GODWIT.
Arriving later at Cupsogue I came across another single MARBLED GODWIT feeding on the bay flats north of the park and closer to the inlet. I continued to bird the flats behind the County Park when a group of 5 MARBLED GODWITS flew directly at me from the west, put down on the flats for a few minutes and continued traveling east bringing the inlet to inlet total to 7 individuals. The single bird on the Moriches inlet flats continued as I was leaving the park at 2:00 PM. As a side note there 5 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS in the 105 sod fields in Riverhead this morning. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- 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/ --
