While I have not seen a dovekie on a smaller body of water (or alive
anywhere for that matter - just one doa on the beach at Montauk many years
ago)
If you look in the records, you will find that a freak storm in November
1934 (year approximate) blew a whole bunch (35 or so) of dovekies i
Following up on Carl Starace's email of today, the Dovekie we saw yesterday was
a first for all 3 of us. It was Dick's (a new ELIAS member and birder) first
alcid, while also being the first time Carl & I have ever seen this specie in
any bay (or other smaller body of water) on L.I. I would welc
