Peter Post and I (Ardith Bondi) later saw the Royal Terns copulate, and as far as Peter remembers, there is no nesting record for them in NY State. Would be exciting if they were to nest at Nickerson.
Later yet, a third Royal Tern joined the other two. Ardith NYC www.ardithbondi.com Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 11, 2017, at 12:11 PM, Karen Fung <[email protected]> wrote: > > Adding to Tripper's list: > Two Royal Terns on the beach at the western end of Nickerson, just east of > the Least Tern colony. Flagged by eBird as "rare" (= early?); seen ~11:10am. > ---- > > Karen Fung > NYC > http://BIRDSiVIEWS.com > > Sent from my iPhone > > >> On Jun 11, 2017, at 9:09 AM, Pepaul <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In the past hour and a half: one BLACK TERN, two ROSEATE TERNs, one >> GULL-BILLED TERN, a few Lesser Black-backed Gulls of varying ages. Also 12 >> Red Knots made a short appearance. >> >> Good birding, >> Tripper >> -- >> >> 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/[email protected]/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/ >> >> -- >> > > -- > > 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/[email protected]/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/ > > -- > -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
