The number of BLACK TERNS has continued to climb from the already excellent numbers around 'Irene Sunday' when I noted 173 between Mecox and Montauk (28 Aug 2011). On Sunday evening (4 Sep 2011) I counted six hundred and thirty one (631) along a 7-mile stretch of Gardiner's Bay from Accabonac Harbor Inlet to Napeague Harbor (East Hampton/Amagensett, Suffolk Co.). The majority were juveniles but a few adults were mixed in. Although numbers were down slightly the following morning there were still good sized flocks around Napeague and Accabonac Harbors.
Speaking of terns, I picked up a dead ROYAL TERN in Sagaponack yesterday. This was lying out in the middle of the field that hosted the White Ibis and I figured it was worth checking to make sure it was not a tropicbird. On Sunday, a freshly dead juvenile BRIDLED TERN was found floating in the Montauk Harbor boat basin by a local Captain as is on its way to the AMNH. The juvenile BROWN PELICAN continues at Montauk Inlet. Yesterday it was on the western jetty. When I heard of Richard Kastan's three Brown Pelicans off Sagaponack, I wondered if the 2 Montauk pelicans had teamed up with the Great Gull pelican and were headed south. Evidently that is not the case. -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
