A good morning flight was also evident on the north side of the bay. While I was only able to put in a short effort of time, and didn't find any nice rarities, I think it's still worthwhile to compare the intel from morning flights at various venues along the south shore (maybe some people were out along the beach in the Tilden/Breezy Pt/Coney Island trap this morning?).
For those interested in my hour count from East Patchogue, Suffolk: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38805433 Also, thanks to his timely post, I was able to connect with Doug and his grasspipers (plus an additional 2nd Baird's) in Riverhead, just before 7pm tonight. Best, Michael McBrien > On Aug 24, 2017, at 5:20 PM, Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you, Patricia, for getting the word out on the Yellow-headed Blackbird. > > Fly-by birds are obviously difficult to re-find, but the one dimensional set > up on the barrier rewards checking all the usual traps and gathering spots > down-stream from the point where one is seen. > > It was an interesting morning at RMSP. I was disappointed to pull up and find > it 69 F (it had been 62 F in Bay Shore, across the bay), indicative of how > light the northwest winds were (2 mph at times, maxing out at no more than > 6). But it quickly became evident that a variety of nocturnal migrants were > present and doing their morning flights, and that small numbers of diurnal > migrants were moving, too. > > Besides the blackbird and the Dickcissel, highlights included a total of five > Solitary Sandpipers, 28 Yellow Warblers, 9 American Redstarts, 6 Northern > Waterthrushes, 3 Black-and-white Warblers, and a Magnolia Warbler. There was > a light flight of Barn and Tree Swallows, plus a handful of Chimney Swifts > and a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Typical migrants of early fall, such as > Eastern Kingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, and > Baltimore Oriole were all encountered repeatedly, but in modest numbers. > > I did two stationary one hour counts from Field 2, then another hour around > and at the Fire Island Hawkwatch platform, east of Field 5. Regarding the > hawkwatch, I saw zero migrating hawks. > > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38798866 > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38798999 > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38799072 > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Patricia Lindsay > [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 9:20 AM > To: NYS Birds > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Migrants at Robert Moses SP, Suffolk Co. > > Shai Mitra reports that among a nice variety of migrants moving on the > morning's cold front, a Dickcissel was found near the toll booths at > Field 2, and a Yellow-headed Blackbird flew over east to west high over > the boardwalk at Field 5. > > Patricia Lindsay > Bay Shore > -- > > 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/ --
