[nysbirds-l] Montauk Point and route
A couple highlights today: At the Montauk harbor inlet there were 2 Brant and one first year Iceland Gull. At Flying Point in Southampton there were 3 Piping Plovers and an Osprey near 27. A Lesser Blacked-backed Gull, Dunlin, Black Bellied Plovers and Red-breasted Nuthatches at Lazy Point. At Montuak Point there were large rafts of all three Scoters, Common Eiders, Horned Grebes, many Red-breasted Mergs, Oldsquaw, and many Red-throated and Common Loons of which some whose heads were almost all dark black. No Alcids. A Sharp-shinned Hawk in the pines at the IGA would not budge despite walker-bys and drive-bys. On 27 near the SE corner of Montauk Lake, a flock of larger white Tern-like birds flew by while we were driving, but we could not relocate them. The only characteristic I am sure of, besides being "tern-like" in the wings and posture, is a square white tail. Maybe a smaller gull species like Bonaparte's. There were a good dozen of them. Peter and Julia, Ctr Moriches -- 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 Point and route
A couple highlights today: At the Montauk harbor inlet there were 2 Brant and one first year Iceland Gull. At Flying Point in Southampton there were 3 Piping Plovers and an Osprey near 27. A Lesser Blacked-backed Gull, Dunlin, Black Bellied Plovers and Red-breasted Nuthatches at Lazy Point. At Montuak Point there were large rafts of all three Scoters, Common Eiders, Horned Grebes, many Red-breasted Mergs, Oldsquaw, and many Red-throated and Common Loons of which some whose heads were almost all dark black. No Alcids. A Sharp-shinned Hawk in the pines at the IGA would not budge despite walker-bys and drive-bys. On 27 near the SE corner of Montauk Lake, a flock of larger white Tern-like birds flew by while we were driving, but we could not relocate them. The only characteristic I am sure of, besides being tern-like in the wings and posture, is a square white tail. Maybe a smaller gull species like Bonaparte's. There were a good dozen of them. Peter and Julia, Ctr Moriches -- 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/ --
