To add to Hugh's post: At Montauk Point the wind was blowing strongly from the west by 7:30 a.m. While storm birds were a bust, we did have a few notables there including: A CASPIAN TERN; a WHIMBREL that flew in off the ocean and landed on the beach on the north side of the point; a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER; 4 COMMON EIDERS; and 9 BLACK TERNS. There was some land bird movement, highlighted by a flock of 15 BOBOLINKS. At the east side of the Montauk Harbor Jetties (Gin Beach) a ROSEATE TERN was with about 150 Common Terns, and a Red Bat was flying east over the water.
In early afternoon, the only shorebirds on the sod fields in Manorville were 45 Black-bellied Plovers. Observers: Seth Ausubel, Brent Bomkamp, Stella Miller -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
