Following up -- this eBird report of COMMON MURRE at Shinnecock Inlet today just hit:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51720520 so it appears that at least one COMMON MURRE there lives on. David Barrett On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:25 PM Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net> wrote: > The *Thick-billed Murre* at Shinnecock Inlet was in sight from about 8:00 > to 9:30 this morning and then again briefly just after 1:30. At least one > *Razorbill* was in the inlet in the morning, providing closer looks than > the Murre. To my knowledge, the Common Murre was not seen. 2 or 3 *Red-necked > Grebes* were reported at the mouth of the inlet and further out. A bit > odd was a Ruddy Duck with Common Eiders (where the inlet meets the bay). > > > > The *American White Pelican* was present for a while in Mecox Bay’s > Hayground Cove, before flying out around 11:20. I t was best viewed when > someone came out to feed the swans. It was the only big white bird that > stayed put. Without such intervention, it can easily be hidden by the many > swans, especially if sleeping with head and bill tucked in. > > > > With the prospects of better Alcid pictures not looking good as the > afternoon progressed (none in sight and dimming sun), I decided to do the > wild goose chase thing. None were visible as I arrived at Doctor’s Path > (Riverhead). I went over to Northville Turnpike (Rt. 105), where I found a > small flock (by standards of that area) in the field to the east. The > *Barnacle > Goose* was a quick find. Within a few minutes, flock after flock and > overall huge numbers of geese began coming in from a southwest direction, > and landing in the large field on the west side of 105. A few minutes after > that, small groups from the east side of 105 (and eventually all of them) > joined the larger group. I was hoping to photograph the Barnacle flying by. > I photographed one random flock to test the lighting. Never got the > Barnacle, but looking at the pictures when I got home revealed a *Greater > White-fronted Goose *(pure dump luck there). Possibly, this is the one I > saw in the west field and reported to the What’s App a few minutes later. > > > > > > Steve Walter > > Bayside, NY > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
