Since the Harlequin Ducks have seldom been at Pt. Lookout this winter, Rich
Kelly and I set out on a systematic quest to find them among the jetties at
Long Beach. We started at Lafayette St. and worked east 2 blocks at a time. We
finally found the 3 Harlequin Ducks at the first jetty east of Neptune Blvd.
There is one drake. The hybrid 3rd winter Herring-Lesser Black-backed Gull
remains around the same jetty, and there are lots of gulls around, though
nothing else of interest. There were also about 6 Purple Sandpipers scattered
around the jetties, another species that has been rather scarce this winter.
Seth Ausubel
Forest Hills, NY
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