Did some birding along the northern fork of Long Island over the weekend. Very small numbers of shorebirds, nothing unusual - Black-bellied Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Oyster Catchers. At the very tip of the north fork between Orient Point and Plum Island where flocks of Common Terns from the Gull Islands dance among the battling currents of the LI Sound and Gardiners Bay, two immature Common Eider hopped up on some rocks near the lighthouse. Not as rare as Scoters or King Eider for this time of year, but pushing the southern boundaries of their summer habitat.
Happy Birding, Alan Drogin -- 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/ --
