Sue and I spent the morning and early afternoon birding Dune Road from Shinnecock to Moriches Inlet. Spring migrants were few in number, but a few late wintering birds spiced up our list. Just west of the Inlet a mixed flock of Scoter and Common Eider contained a single female King Eider. While we were walking north down the inlet jetty to check the sandbars in Shinnecock Bay a breeding-plumaged Thick-billed Murre came out of the bay heading south up the inlet, passing close enough to us to allow binocular views.
Some Spring migrants we observed included Great Egret, Osprey, and Tree Swallow. Over fifteen hundred scoters were seen during our trip, either in the water or heading east over the ocean. Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
