Is puckerbrush a highly technical botanical term? > On December 7, 2020 at 11:38 AM Shaibal Mitra <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > As nocturnal landbird migration has faded to near zero, I've been finding it > more difficult to make an early start. This morning I reached Robert Moses > SP, Suffolk County, LI at 08:30 without a clear expectation of what the light > wnw winds might bring: on the one hand the possibility of a rare irruptive > species, such as Bohemian Waxwing or even Pine Grosbeak; on the other, > waterbirds moving in response to freezing temperatures. What I found was a > very interesting mix. A few American Pipits are still moving and were joined > by the first big flocks (>100) of Horned Larks and and Snow Buntings I've > seen so far this season. Among Fringillids, I saw just one flock of American > Goldfinches, and single American Robin and Downy Woodpecker were calling from > the puckerbrush, as if bewildered at their new haunts. > > But the ocean side was even more lively. Some freshwater ducks on the move > included a flock of nine Northern Shoveler (a very tough bird at RMSP proper, > from the competitive patch listing point of view), but the highlights were > the smaller gulls, moving from east to west in very good numbers: 13 > Black-legged Kittiwakes, 940 Bonaparte's Gulls, seven tardy Laughing Gulls, > and 160 Ring-billed Gulls. None of these seemed to be lingering to feed in > this area, but it might be worth checking places like Jones Inlet. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S77187476 > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > > > -- > > 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/[email protected]/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/ > > -- >
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