Twelve birders went to Oyster Bay and Saratoga Beach this morning in search of shorebirds. The weather was sunny with a breeze off the water. A highlight was a Sanderling in breeding plumage.
Twenty species were found along the shore:
Canada Goose
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Common Murre
Bonaparte’s Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Cedar Waxwing
Red Crossbill
