I have been out all day birding Queens and with the fog somewhat lifting about 1/2 ago, I began to slowly pick up bird life off the Ocean. Cory's (mostly), Great, and Sooty Shearwaters. I won't go so far as to call it a flight since there is no sustained streaming by of birds.
However, there is a bit of feeding frenzy in several areas on the ocean, visible from Breezy, Riis and Tilden. Birds seemed to be milling around fishing boats Brooklyn IV and V. This is where I have been picking up the Shearwaters. I have even managed digiscoped shots of some Tubenoses. How bout dat. Other highlights included Roseate (5) and Royal Terns (4) Cheers, -------- "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --