I guess it was posted earlier somewhere, as people kept showing up at Lido Beach Nature Area to see the Prothonotary Warbler. But I haven't seen it yet on the NYS-Birds archive (just seeing Peter's post). Fortunately, word of mouth at Jones Beach got me heading over to Lido. Along the way, I spotted a late (but I've seen them a bit later) Rough-legged Hawk nearly blending in on a light pole at the Meadowbrook - Loop Parkway interchange. After spending a couple of hours at Lido - where some of the good birders added an Orange-crowned Warbler and / or an early Prairie Warbler - the return trip offered a view of the Rough-legged conspicuous in a small tree at the interchange.
A picture of the Prothonotary can be viewed at http://stevewalternature.com/ . It spent most of its time on the berm along the south side of the parking lot or between the bird and fence along the sidewalk. A couple of times it flew outside the preserve, once spending a couple of minutes on the sidewalk and once giving people a scare, as it nearly flew into traffic. These crazy Prothonotarys. No Blue Grosbeak at Jones. Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
