Do you go down to the outer beaches now and then to watch the overshoot migrants fly in from the ocean at first light as well?
I've read about that but never witnessed it. I understand that the gulls are there waiting for the weakened ones - and of course the feral cats, to get the ones who make it to the vegetation. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County, New York On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Sean Sime <[email protected]> wrote: > I wasn't able to be out at first light to see the full spectacle of > morning flight along the coast, but even at 8:45 there were still really > good numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Eastern > Phoebes (most numerous migrants this morning) moving over as well as other > species. > Quick walks through Drier-Offerman and Six Diamonds yielded some decent > birds among the more common migrants. > > Drier-Offerman > > Vesper Sparrow (dirt parking lot) > Eastern Meadowlark > American Pipit > White-crowned Sparrows > Indigo Bunting > Yellow-rumped Warblers were flying over in groups of 4-10 birds just about > the entire time I was there. > Savannah Sparrows were numerous. > > Six Diamonds > > Orange-crowned Warbler > Ovenbird (2) > Wilson's Warbler > Black & White Warbler > Northern Parula > Savannah Sparrows were numerous. > White-crowned Sparrows > Field Sparrow > > Good birding, > > Sean Sime > Brooklyn, NY > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- Richard Guthrie -- 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/ --
