Sorry for the multiple posts - I wanted to get the word out quickly but was hasty in my post - the ID of Golden Plover (American) was incorrect - was a Black Bellied, however I have a positive id on the godwits - were actually a Hudsonian and a Marbled. The mixed flock (mostly Oystercathers with Black Bellied Plovers, Red Knots) were on the North side of the sandbar. They took off heading Northwest. The Marbled left the group and walked to the south side of the sandbar and stayed longer. Also present in the evening were a Royal Tern, Forster Terns and a Lesser Blacked Gull. A Caspian Tern was at the marina in the morning but didn't stay long heading east. As it was flying away it was dive-bombing hard into the water.
I will update my blog in the coming days with photos ( http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/) Good fall birding, Rob in Massapequa -- 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/ --
