This afternoon I took a ride to Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet.
The inlet held a nice raft which consisted of various scoter species and
Common Eiders as well as some fringe red-breasted mergansers. The
highlight was an immature male King Eider that I photographed
(accidentally).
The rest of Dune
We started our birding day at Montauk Point, where there were a good number of
Scoter and Eider on both sides of the Point. Despite the good numbers, we could
not turn up anything of interest. The highlight was a good Razorbill flight
consisting of approximately110 birds. After leaving the Point
In additions to the birds mentioned by Brent, the continuing juvenile Glaucous
Gull was in the parking area alongside the inlet.
While observing the Grasshopper Sparrow at the Swan Beach parking lot, I found
an Orange-crowned Warbler in the same area.
On the north side of Dune Road at Triton
Hello, Kevin Nolan, Dick Belanger and I did this
years Waterfowl Census along Dune Road from the Inlet west to the first
Quogue Bridge. Some totals were 48 Common Goldeneye, 78 Bufflehead, 203
Common Eider and over 1,000 Scoter. Highlights of our day were an actively
feeding Razorbill by abo