Jones Beach, TOBAY, Massapequa Preserve

 There was a report of a Marbled Godwit yesterday at Field 10 so I tried to find it but didn't have any luck.  The Coast Guard Station didn't have many sandpipers anymore - assuming shorebird season is over - there were some Oystercatchers, Yellowlegs, Semi Palmated Plovers.  I noticed some spider crabs were beached up on the dock, so I kicked them (gently) back into the water so feel like my visit wasn't wasted.  I stopped by Massapequa Preserve - not as many warblers as yesterday but did see Parulas, one unidentified one that I'm guessing was a female Black Throated Blue (still not sure), Great Crested Flycatchers, Warbling and Red Eyed Vireos and Redstarts.

Massapequa Preserve Warblers, Red Eyed Vireo

 Although the radar wasn't strong recently, I heard birds flying over my house at night the other day and had a feeling some birds had moved into the area - I wasn't disappointed when I went to the preserve early and saw lots of warblers - most were female Redstarts, lots of Chestnut sided. Also saw a male Redstart, Least Flycatchers, a Pewee, Canada Warbler, Parulas, Warbling Vireos, Blue Winged Warbler, Common Yellowthroats, Chimney Swifts, Wood Ducks and oddly my first Red Eyed Vireos for the year.

Curacao

American Flamingo

Pigeon

Scaly-naped Pigeon

Bare-eyed Pigeon

White-tipped Dove

Eared Dove

Common Ground Dove

Groove Billed Ani 

Blue-tailed Emerald

Killdeer

Southern Lapwing 

Greater Yellowlegs

Willet

Laughing Gull

Royal Tern

Magnificent Frigatebird 

Brown Pelican

Tricolored Heron

Reddish Egret

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Green Heron 

Great Blue Heron 

Osprey

White-tailed Hawk (possible)

Crested Caracara

American Kestrel 

Brown-throated Parakeet (endemic Curacao subspecies)

Barn Swallow 

Tropical Mockingbird

House Sparrow

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Venezuelan Troupial

Yellow Oriole

Carib Grackle 

Yellow Warbler

Safron Finch

Bananaquit

Black Faced Grassquit 

Smith Point Beach

 My family and I stopped by Smith Point to enjoy the beach - of course I had my bins with me.  There were some Royal Terns and a few Shearwater species that were too far away to identify - I would assume they were Cory's.  I might be making a thing of it, but I too notice that the Great Black Backed Gulls that were flying over the ocean seemed to be flying in groups of around 4.

Jones Beach Coast Guard Station

 I got home early and was son was bored so I suggested we go look at "sandpipers" at the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station - he was so bored he said yes.  We saw lots of swallows all around us which he thought was cool - on the sandbar I pointed out some Short Billed Dowitchers and Ruddy Turnstones to him, but his favorite birds were the Black Skimmers which he got to see what they do best.  Some were up close which was neat for me too.

Robert Moses, Captree, Jones Beach, Massapequa, TOBAY

 I had the car at my disposal for the day - I could have gone to see lifers out of state - Sabine's Gull in New Jersey or a Mississippi Kite in Connecticut but chose not to take the time to drive for hours.  I tried a seawatch at Robert Moses with a SW wind, then went to Captree and saw Glossy Ibis and Lesser Yellowlegs, heard a Willow Flycatcher.  I visited the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station right before the rain - saw Sanderlings, lots of Dowitchers, Ruddy Turnstones, very vocal Laughing Gulls which I assume were after Horseshoe Crab eggs. Also saw 2 Black Scoters.  Later on, it was hot so I didn't go to Massapequa Preserve so went to the firehouse pond but only heard Bullfrogs.  In the evening I stopped by TOBAY hoping for seabirds, but only saw gulls and some shorebirds flying low.

White Eyed Vireo, Masapequa Preserve

 I was out unexpectedly this morning and heard a White Eyed Vireo calling from the preserve (around Pennsylvania Ave X Parkside Blvd).