[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Kittiwakes &, King Eider
The South Fork of Long Island was buffeted by strong WNW winds (22-36 mph) this morning as the front pushed out yesterdays wet weather giving blue skies by late morning. I seawatched for an hour and a half (8:38-10:08 am) from Main Beach in East Hampton and noted a good showing of *BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES* (28 total) and assortment of waterfowl passing offshore headlined by a full adult male *KING EIDER* flying east. A 2nd winter *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* briefly joined the regular species feeding in the surf as the tide dropped. The kittiwakes passed westward in small groups mixed with Bonaparte's and Laughing Gulls. Here's my tally: Red-throated Loon - 46 Common Loon - 9 loon sp. - 12 Northern Gannet - 595 Brant - 3 Canada Goose - 8 Wood Duck - 2 Mallard - 1 Green-winged Teal - 3 Greater Scaup - 1 Common Eider - 9 *KING EIDER* - 1 (ad. male flying east) Long-tailed Duck - 42 White-winged Scoter - 49 Surf Scoter - 55 Black Scoter - 865 dark winged scoter - 380 Hooded Merganser - 12 *BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE* - 28 (6 ads & 22 juvs) Bonaparte's Gull - 80 Laughing Gull - 36 (mostly ads) *Lesser Black-backed Gull *- 1 (2nd winter) Herring Gull - 60 Great Black-backed Gull - 45 Ring-billed Gull - 75 -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI: Kittiwakes , King Eider
The South Fork of Long Island was buffeted by strong WNW winds (22-36 mph) this morning as the front pushed out yesterdays wet weather giving blue skies by late morning. I seawatched for an hour and a half (8:38-10:08 am) from Main Beach in East Hampton and noted a good showing of *BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES* (28 total) and assortment of waterfowl passing offshore headlined by a full adult male *KING EIDER* flying east. A 2nd winter *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL* briefly joined the regular species feeding in the surf as the tide dropped. The kittiwakes passed westward in small groups mixed with Bonaparte's and Laughing Gulls. Here's my tally: Red-throated Loon - 46 Common Loon - 9 loon sp. - 12 Northern Gannet - 595 Brant - 3 Canada Goose - 8 Wood Duck - 2 Mallard - 1 Green-winged Teal - 3 Greater Scaup - 1 Common Eider - 9 *KING EIDER* - 1 (ad. male flying east) Long-tailed Duck - 42 White-winged Scoter - 49 Surf Scoter - 55 Black Scoter - 865 dark winged scoter - 380 Hooded Merganser - 12 *BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE* - 28 (6 ads 22 juvs) Bonaparte's Gull - 80 Laughing Gull - 36 (mostly ads) *Lesser Black-backed Gull *- 1 (2nd winter) Herring Gull - 60 Great Black-backed Gull - 45 Ring-billed Gull - 75 -- Angus Wilson New York City The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
