Cupsogue Long Island, 
Elegant Tern, 
Red-necked Stint, 
Arctic Tern
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Elegant Tern Photos For Review - Cupsogue LI...
I will do a blog post on today's spectacular birding out at Cupsogue Long Island. As if Red-necked Stint, Arctic Terns and a hybrid Dunlin X White-rumped Sandpiper was not enough for one day. Andy Guthrie, Michael Scheibel and I found what we strongly believe to be an Elegant Tern. When I write my post, I will tell my readers how we happened upon this bird. For now, I am posting a few photos for those who would like to rule out Cayenne, Lesser Crested Tern or the Orange-billed form of Sandwich Tern. If you have any dispute with the ID of this bird, please post a comment.
Tags: Cupsogue Long Island, Elegant Tern, Red-necked Stint, Arctic Tern
Cupsogue Long Island, Elegant Tern, Red-necked Stint, Arctic Tern
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7 comments:
Well there was that bird at Sandy Hook ...was it last year? Is it possibly the same bird that's been hanging around?
I was at Cupsoque yesterday and did see a bird resembling this one..I did not have a spotting scope but I identified it as an adult non-breeding Royal..The fog was moving in, it was about 8:00 to 8:30 am..It was near the Piping Plover breeding area, preening itself..
Brian: only if the bird last year was a first-cycle, since this bird is a second-cycle (first-summer) individual - note the dark-centered secondaries and moult boundary in the inner primaries.
Martin Reid
Brian, was the Sandy Hook a 1st cycle bird?
Rich, it very well could have been; however, there were many birders on the flats during the time you were there including Andy Guthrie, (the co-finder) who reported Royal Terns earlier and they had spotting scopes.
This is fantastic!
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