Birding with Rich Fried and Rob Bate today was rather productive. Most of our time was spent at Montauk Point, where the highlight was at least one DOVEKIE, first found in the surf very close to shore off Camp Hero. The bird then flew off, and likely circled back to the point where it landed and remained off of the lighthouse for another hour or two. at least 50 RAZORBILLS were seen from here as well, many of which were extremely close to shore. One bird was briefly seen that looked wrong for Razorbill that may have been a Common Murre, but no definitive look was obtained. Other than some 2 COMMON GOLDENEYE, and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, no other noteworthy species were seen from the point.
The GREATER-WHITE FRONTED GOOSE continues at Deep Hollow Ranch. RED-NECKED GREBE was encountered both off Montauk Inlet and in Fort Pond Bay. Happy December Jacob Drucker P.S. Duck hunters chase away more birds than birders and photographers combined :p -- 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/ --
