[nysbirds-l] Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet

2014-01-12 Thread leormand .
This afternoon I took a ride to Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet. The inlet held a nice raft which consisted of various scoter species and Common Eiders as well as some fringe red-breasted mergansers. The highlight was an immature male King Eider that I photographed (accidentally). The rest of Dune

[nysbirds-l] Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet

2014-01-12 Thread leormand .
This afternoon I took a ride to Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet. The inlet held a nice raft which consisted of various scoter species and Common Eiders as well as some fringe red-breasted mergansers. The highlight was an immature male King Eider that I photographed (accidentally). The rest of Dune

[nysbirds-l] Dune Road/Shinnecock Inlet Birds and The Power of Networking (Suffolk Co.)

2014-01-05 Thread ken feustel
We started our birding day at Montauk Point, where there were a good number of Scoter and Eider on both sides of the Point. Despite the good numbers, we could not turn up anything of interest. The highlight was a good Razorbill flight consisting of approximately110 birds. After leaving the

[nysbirds-l] Dune Road/Shinnecock Inlet

2014-01-05 Thread Tim Dunn
In additions to the birds mentioned by Brent, the continuing juvenile Glaucous Gull was in the parking area alongside the inlet. While observing the Grasshopper Sparrow at the Swan Beach parking lot, I found an Orange-crowned Warbler in the same area. On the north side of Dune Road at Triton

[nysbirds-l] Dune Road/Shinnecock Inlet

2014-01-05 Thread Tim Dunn
In additions to the birds mentioned by Brent, the continuing juvenile Glaucous Gull was in the parking area alongside the inlet. While observing the Grasshopper Sparrow at the Swan Beach parking lot, I found an Orange-crowned Warbler in the same area. On the north side of Dune Road at Triton

[nysbirds-l] Dune Road/Shinnecock Inlet Birds and The Power of Networking (Suffolk Co.)

2014-01-05 Thread ken feustel
We started our birding day at Montauk Point, where there were a good number of Scoter and Eider on both sides of the Point. Despite the good numbers, we could not turn up anything of interest. The highlight was a good Razorbill flight consisting of approximately110 birds. After leaving the

[nysbirds-l] Dune Road- Shinnecock Inlet to Post Lane Bridge, Quogue, Jan. 20th, 2012

2013-01-20 Thread Carl Starace
Hello, Kevin Nolan, Dick Belanger and I did this years Waterfowl Census along Dune Road from the Inlet west to the first Quogue Bridge. Some totals were 48 Common Goldeneye, 78 Bufflehead, 203 Common Eider and over 1,000 Scoter. Highlights of our day were an actively feeding Razorbill by

[nysbirds-l] Dune Road- Shinnecock Inlet to Post Lane Bridge, Quogue, Jan. 20th, 2012

2013-01-20 Thread Carl Starace
Hello, Kevin Nolan, Dick Belanger and I did this years Waterfowl Census along Dune Road from the Inlet west to the first Quogue Bridge. Some totals were 48 Common Goldeneye, 78 Bufflehead, 203 Common Eider and over 1,000 Scoter. Highlights of our day were an actively feeding Razorbill by