The annual Sawmill River Audubon owl prowl didn't net any owls this year, but we had a very atmospheric outing on Jones Beach followed by lunch at Captree State Park then more birding at Point Lookout.
Complete list of birds seen on this trip:
Brant,
Canada Goose,
Greater Scaup,
Common Eider,
Long-tailed Duck,
Bufflehead,
Red-breasted Merganser,
Red-throated Loon,
Common Loon,
Horned Grebe,
Northern Gannet,
Great Blue Heron,
Piping Plover,
Ruddy Turnstone,
Red Knot,
Sanderling,
Dunlin,
Purple Sandpiper,
Bonaparte's Gull,
Herring Gull,
Great Black-backed Gull,
European Starling,
Snow Bunting
More of our
Bird List
Long-tailed Ducks and Bonaparte's Gull
Sanderlings
Purple Sandpipers
Red Knots