The Montauk CBC was held on Saturday Dec 18. Despite the low turnout, 35 observers found 129 species. Highlights of the count included
1 King Eider at Montauk Point 6 Harlequin Duck in 3 locations 7500+ Surf Scoter 10000+ White-winged Scoter 785 Red-throated Loon 803 Common Loon 6 Red-necked Grebe 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron 11 Cooper's Hawk--an all time high count 2 Bald Eagle on Gardiner's Island (also visible the day before from Gerard Drive in Acacbonac) 4 Rough-legged Hawk on Gardiner's 1 Peregrine 2 Clapper Rail in Accabonac 3 Virginia Rail 4 Greater Yellowlegs 14 Purple Sandpiper 2 Iceland Gull 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull 11 Black-legged Kittiwake 176 Razorbill 43 Eastern Screech Owls--a record count 11 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Marsh Wren 10 Brown Thrasher 5 American Pipit 2 Palm Warbler 29 Eastern Bluebird 1 Yellow-breasted Chat on Gardiner's 3 Chipping Sparrow 4 Ipswich Sparrow 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW--in the Camp Hero Community 20 White-crowned Sparrow 18 Rusty Blackbird 6 Purple Finch 12 Pine Siskin Tough misses included Common Merganser, American Bittern (seen on Friday in Accabonac), and American Woodcock--we coulda been a contender!!!. Next year, everyone's invited. Hugh -- Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
