Shinnecock Inlet, Dune Rd. & EPCAL 21 Jan 15 Joe, Giunta, Sam Jannazzo, Rick Kopitsch and I (Sy Schiff) went to Shinnecock Inlet and scoped the bay. Distant views found BLACK, SURF, WHITE-WING SCOTERS, a male KING EIDER, many COMMON EIDERS and a number of seals.
We went looking for Bittern and Redpolls along Dune Road. At Tiana, we found a juvenile and a 3rd winter Iceland Gull on the ocean beach. We continued west, finally turning around and retracing our route. We appeared to have missed our target birds, but In a 5-minute period, as we approached the Ponquogue Bridge, we found an AMERICAN BITTERN and at Ave K we found a flock of 25 COMMON REDPOLL that came to drink in a puddle before flying off. After stopping to pick up sandwiches, we drove to EPCAL. There, just as we arrived, someone flying a parachute got off the ground and scared a SHORT-EARED OWL and several EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. In 10 minutes birding, ignoring the driving time between places, we got 4 of our target birds. Pleasant day with good company. Sy -- 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/ --
