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
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
That's amazing! We were there from around 1:30 to 3:30 and we did not see one
owl. We saw harriers, a red-tail, lots of crows and the blue Dodge van. We
left while he was still there and were asking other people coming in why he was
doing that. He spent a lot of time at the park, looking
At least 6 Short-eared owls were present at the Shawangunk Grasslands
NWR on Saturday and many N Harriers as well. I haven't seen any Rough-
legged Hawks since January 9th. There were at least 20 birders, all
of whom should have gotten nice looks at the Owls.
I also wondered about the
After posting yesterday about the Trumpeter Swans on Upper Lake in Yaphank, I
received an e-mail from Luke Ormand. Luke reportsd that the birds have been
there since at least late December, and he has heard from locals that they
actually arrived in mid December!
Good bordong,
Mike Cooper
It does indeed appear that "our" pair of Trumpeter Swans have
returned; they were visible today at around 1000 hours, resting on
the edge of the ice. Their position was such as to provide decent
view from the parking lot of Millhouse Inn on the southwest corner of
the lake and even a
Hello All, Here are some of yesterdays highlights from our Eastern Long
Island Audubon team members.A Dovekie,[ spotted by Bob Adamo], flew from the
eastern part of Shinnecock Bay towards Ponquogue Bridge.It landed briefly in
front of two duck blinds on the midbay island situated north of
It does indeed appear that our pair of Trumpeter Swans have
returned; they were visible today at around 1000 hours, resting on
the edge of the ice. Their position was such as to provide decent
view from the parking lot of Millhouse Inn on the southwest corner of
the lake and even a
