Cedar Beach July 16th 2025

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Hank and I were at Cedar Beach on Saturday and Hank thought he saw Whimbrel but the next day we discovered three Short-billed Dowitchers.  This morning KJ went to Cedar Beach for WHIMBRELS and found two..... right on schedule.... Mid-July.  I got brushed and washed up and got dressed and went searching.  It was hot.....in spite of a mild breeze. I picked a spot where I could see most the marsh and scanned with my bins and spotting scope.  I saw OYSTERCATCHERS, WILLETS, CAGOs, OSPREY,  GREEN HERON, GREAT EGRET, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPERS and finally saw one WHIMBREL!  Yay! 

Oh, the notebook the KC found was mine.  I lost it at the VOR in Riverhead at the beginning of May. Hopefully, she will returned it.

I recently did blood work and my doc found another tick disease and am on antibiotics now.  Starting to feel better.

I'm got a bucket list item coming up.  I'm going to Vermont with a friend to see a Falconry demonstration and doing it myself!  I'm so excited!