I am back in the States now, and I am glad to see the blog rolling again. But I am equally glad that everybody took a 2 month break while I was gone... it must have been to painful to go birding knowing I was so far away.
On my way to Germany, I had a stop in NYC. But because my first flight was delayed, I was forced to overnight there. That's not the worst place to be stranded for a night, if you ask me. Fortunately, I had my binoculars in my carry-on and I did a little birding in the morning. My morning birding was interrupted by a thunderstorm, but I was still able to see some East Coast birds, several of which were life birds for me.
The only Restoration Year bird was a Semipalmated Plover (391). I am actually pretty surprised that none of us have picked up this bird yet on either coast. But it is on the list now, and we are on good pace to hit 400 by the end of migration.
Here are some other birds:
Northern Waterthrush (lifer)
Glossy Ibis (lifer)
Eastern Kingbird
Laughing Gull
Forster's Tern
Cedar Waxwing
Green Heron
American Goldfinch
Osprey
Least Sandpiper
A 12-year old kid helped me ID the Least Sandpiper.
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