Sue and I spent the morning birding Dune Road in misty and overcast conditions. We combined our Dune Road trip with a late morning stop at Eastport Pond. There was not much on the ocean beside flyby Common Eider and scoters. The bays were virtually devoid of ducks. At Shinnecock the jetty’s were frequently underwater form the churned-up ocean, but we still managed to pick up Harlequin Duck (3) Iceland Gull (1) and Snowy Owl(1). A few Great Egrets were lingering at various locations along Dune Road. Cupsogue was not very birdy, although a high tide did not help.
At Eastport Pond there was a good collection of waterfowl, including Eurasian Wigeon, Canvasback, and Redhead. While on Dune Road we got a call from Pat Lindsay that a Ross’s Goose was at Lake Capri in West Islip. We stopped on the way home at 12:45PM and quickly saw the bird with some Canada Geese. Thanks Pat! Good Birding, Ken & Sue Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
