Shane Blodgett and I spent this late afternoon and early evening at Breezy Point, in Queens.
The species highlights were a single *Manx Shearwater* flying west, fairly far off shore, and a *Whimbrel* that lingered on the beach for over half an hour. Also of interest were 4 Red Knots, 7 Semipalmated Sandpipers, and 7 Black-bellied Plovers. While the lack of tern diversity was disappointing, a single young Forster's Tern (unusual for the barrier beach in summer), and at least 11 non-adult Common Terns (5+ first-summer, 6+ second-summer) were mixed in among the thousands of Common Terns, and ~250 Black Skimmer. Photos of both the Whimbrel and the Manx are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/ Full eBird list here: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23860918 Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/ -- 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/ --
