At Shinnecock Inlet this morning, the large number of gulls included 2 (perhaps 3) immature Iceland Gulls and almost certainly 2 Glaucous Gulls. Three male Boat-tailed Grackles were on Dune Road at the Ponquogue Bridge access, displaying a little to each other. A Snowy Owl was in the marsh west of the bridge, near the edge of the bay. West of Docker's Restaurant, the Black-crowned Night Heron was conspicuous, but I failed to find an American Bittern.
The Black Vulture was atop the chimney of a house almost opposite the church on Sound Avenue at Church Lane. No birds of note were present at the buffalo farm on Roanoke Avenue when I stopped there. Further west, a scan of EpCal from several points yielded nothing. On Long Island Sound, viewed from Park Road and Hulse Landing Road, only expected species were seen. A Merlin and two Northern harriers were along Hulse Landing Road. Doug Futuyma Stony Brook -- 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/ --
