We had a very unusual weather situation today. In my recollected history of fall birding at Jones Beach the temps have never been this mild. The temperature was near if not seventy degrees Fahrenheit. Not that I'm complaining but I do wonder about global warming.
The tide was high when we started. so we walked the hedge row and then went into the median. Ther were not many species of birds on that part of our walk. Although we did see enough Yellow-rumped Warblers and Red-breasted Nuthatches to fill the morning. A nice sighting of a Cooper's Hawk and a couple of lingering Ospreys helped fill that phase.
After the median we headed back to the boat basin and sand bar and as hopes the tide was lower and the bar exposed. There were hundreds of shorebirds and terns and gulls on the bar, We had Black-bellied plovers, and Sanderlings and Forster's Terns. and Dunlin. There were a pair of Royal Terns, some Ruddy Turnstones and Short-billed Dowitchers. A really nice finish to our morning.
