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.