[nysbirds-l] Montauk birding: Dovekie, Thick-billed Murre, King Eider, kittiwake
All, Shawn Billerman and I had an awesome seawatch from Montauk Point this morning, highlighted by a nice RAZORBILL flight which included three DOVEKIES and two THICK-BILLED MURRES. A male KING EIDER flew in and landed near the biggest scoter and eider flocks, and we finally got on an adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE flying out in the distance. All three scoters, Common Eiders, Common and Red-throated loons, and Northern Gannets were all in abundance. Essentially all the Razorbills, loons, and scoters that were moving were headed south or southwest around the end of the point. Full eBird list with our best estimates at numbers is here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33269618 Once the rain started we checked a few other spots. Montauk Inlet had an immature GREAT CORMORANT and a 1st cycle ICELAND GULL. At Hook Pond we did not find any swans, but another 1st cycle ICELAND GULL was in the gull flock loafing at the edge of the golf course. Shinnecock Inlet hosted a SNOWY OWL and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS, a female and an immature male, foraging and inexplicably diving in the shallow surf near the base of the jetty. Dune Road was fairly quiet but we did spot a nice CLAPPER RAIL in a ditch right along the road. Yesterday I stopped at a few locations on my way over from checking out the obliging Rock Wren in New Jersey. At least two BLACK SKIMMERS continue on Coney Island Beach. The adult is banded and I have been informed that it was banded this summer in Goshen, NJ. The Hendrickson Park PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was still there on the lake yesterday afternoon around 3:30. I was not able to find the Cammanns Pond Black-headed Gull just before dusk, but an immature ICELAND GULL was there in the small flock of gulls at the parking lot. Good birding! Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Montauk Birding
Dec. 21, 2013 My wife Betsy and I had an excellent day of birding the Montauk area. Our highlights were: Ross's Goose, Snow Goose (5), Cackling Goose-Deep Hollow Ranch Iceland Gull (2)- Montauk Harbor Razorbills (2), Bonaparte's Gulls, Snow Buntings (40)- Montauk Point Scoters, Eiders (many thousands)- best seen from Camp Hero Snowy Owl- Napeague Goldeneye, Horned Grebes (15)- Rod's Valley Great Winter Birding, Joe Giunta -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Montauk Birding
A quick trip Teddy Roosevelt County Pk (eastern Suffolk Co.) with my students this morning turned up an adult LARK SPARROW at the first pond on the right near the entrance. Also seen in the area were a Peregrine Falcon, 3 Turkey Vultures, 2 Solitary Sandpipers & 1 Pectoral Sandpiper. Hugh -- Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Montauk Birding
Vicki Bustamante, my sister Barbara and I birded in Montauk,NY (at the
point, Third House Nature Center, and the horse farm ("Ash-throated
flycatcher trail). While the numbers of species were low, we got superb
views of almost everything we saw:
the highlights
At The Point
3 Common Eider
11 Laughing Gulls (all first-year birds) below the concession stand
1 Coopers Hawk
1 Baltimore Oriole
3 Eastern Kingbirds
1 House Wren
1 Common Yellowthroat
several Eastern Towhees
2 Red-Breasted Nuthatches (heard)
Rusty's Pond
3 Green Herons
3 Spotted Sandpipers
3-5 Least Sandpipers
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Eastern Kingbirds
Rusty's eastern trail
1 Red- Breasted Nuthatch
1 WHTIE-EYED VIREO (1-2 others heard)
1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
1 WILSONS' WARBLER
several Common Yellowthroats
1 empid flycatcher (not IDed to species). Also one Red Fox stalking the
geese.
Karen Rubinstein
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[nysbirds-l] Montauk Birding
Today I did part of my section at Montauk (Suffolk Co.) for the NYSOA waterfowl census. I did not come close to matching the spectacular numbers of RAZORBILLS reported yesterday but still managed a respectable 323. At the Point during the early morning I found at least 4 fly-by adult-male KING EIDERS, all of which were moving beyond the scoter flock. (I actually had five sightings, but 4 in a 10-15 minute period I felt could not have been duplicates.) Later in the day, we found an adult male KING EIDER at Ditch Plains. Other highlights for the day included 1 imm GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at Further Lane, East Hampton HARLEQUIN DUCK: immatire male west of the Lake Montauk Inlet and later at the northern end of the east jetty. RED-NECKED GREBE: 1 at the Point, and 1 at Ditch Plains--we could find no grebes of any sort at Culloden. GREAT CORMORANT: 6 at the Lake Montauk inlet and 1 in Fort Pond Bay PURPLE SANDPIPER: 15 at Montauk Point ICELAND GULL: 1st year west of the Lake Montauk Inlet, and another first year at South Lake Drive LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: 1 adult on the rocky beach in the southwest corner of Fort Pond Bay. BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE: 11 from the Point to Ditch Plains I was joined in this endeavor first by Richard Kaskan and then later by Vicki Bustamante. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinn...@ross.org -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
