Josh, Thanks for sharing this observation. We also noticed flocks of DC Cormorants migrating over Long Island yesterday. For me and many others, observing different kinds of movements is equally if not more interesting than seeing different species.
This morning I saw over 200 White-winged Scoters migrating over the ocean at Robert Moses SP, Suffolk County. This evening might be a good opportunity to see overland flights of species like White-winged Scoter, as well as Brant and others. There were all kinds of movements at RMSP this morning: DC Cormorants and Common Loons migrating eastward; immature gulls (including a Bonaparte's Gull) plodding eastward; the first Wilson's Storm-Petrels, arriving from the Antarctic, also heading east; a smattering of Neotropical migrants re-orienting westward, highlighted by great looks at a Bay-breasted Warbler in overland flight; and enigmatic things that nobody understands, such six Red-bellied Woodpeckers and a Blue Jay flying westward, as though they had arrived overnight from over the ocean, like the warblers! Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: bounce-126554790-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-126554790-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Joshua Malbin [joshuamal...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2022 8:43 PM To: nysbirds-l Subject: [nysbirds-l] Cormorants moving Nothing rare, but all day today we were watching vee-shaped flocks of Double-crested Cormorants apparently migrating over Jamaica Bay, all heading northeast. Flocks were 50 to 150 birds strong and just kept coming. Over the course of the afternoon we must have seen 2,000 or more. Good birding, Joshua Malbin -- 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/ --
