Of note today, 17 October: Very large flight of Dark-eyed Juncos. First noticed along East Lake Drive and Outer Beach County Park and adjacent parking lots. Later, large flocks observed on grassy road edges from Montauk to Napeague.
Montauk Point: all Scoter species - small numbers (more than two days ago) Common Eider-12 Clay-colored Sparrow-1 White-crowned Sparrow-10 Pine Siskins-120+ ECO Farm, East Hampton (on Long Lane) Lark Sparrow-1 (discovered by Jim Ash and Frank Quevedo) Diickcissel-2 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --