even though I missed the Kirtland's in Central Park, the East End provided
plenty to make up for it! Especially wonderful were great views of a mature
American Bald Eagle who sat cooperatively on a log on a sand spit in Mecox Bay
for about 30 minutes before providing exquisite views in flight ci
The *Brown Booby* continued at Lake Montauk viewed from Star Island Drive
at 0700, marking 38 days since it arrived. The bird was not on any of the
visible perches when I arrived, but was eventually seen in flight heading
towards South Lake Drive. There may be a chance it will remain for the
Mont
We headed out east today to bird the Montauk area. We began the day at dawn at
Montauk Pt. where Sue quickly spotted a female King Eider with two Common Eider
in front of the restaurant. Birds were scarce at the Point, with many of the
eider and scoter well offshore. A dismal Razorbill flight (6
I made the trip out to pick up some continuing rarities out east on Long
Island today - here's the recap.
Belmont Lake - Ross's Goose, Cackling Goose, 2 Greater White-fronted Geese.
Eastport Pond - 8 Canvasback, 1 Redhead
Dune Road near Triton Lane - American Bittern
Reeves and Roanoke - no Pin
Vicki Bustamante saw a Lawrence's Warbler, today, on the trail near the
Andy Warhol estate in Montauk. It was on the Loop Trail singing Blue-Winged
Song. She saw it around 12:00 Noon.
My sister Barbara and I were birding the Stony Hill trail which was birdy.
;although not so easy to pull out the
Productive birding on the East End today starting with a dozen Wilson snipes
who flew into our front yard at Geogica Cove, joining some some 30 Green winged
teal, assorted mergansers, a group of about 16 Bonaparte's gulls who have been
here for several weeks, and 8 killdeer. Two FOS Osprey app
Some highlights from birding the South Fork and vicinity with Stella Miller
today:
*Montauk Point SP*
7 Razorbill
*Montauk Inlet - West Jetty*
2 Iceland Gull
Second winter and adult birds, likely same individuals seen on the Montauk
CBC.
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bebirder/16178393022/
To update some of our more reliable "rarities" from out east on Long
Island; as of Thursday, the Captree Marina Red-necked Grebe continues in
his favorite spot inside the docks at Captree State Park and Larry the
Lesser Black-backed Gull continues at the harbour entrance in Napeaque.
Birds are th
A mild and sunny day provided for some relatively interesting birding along
the South Fork of Long Island. Although ducks, geese, and other
waterbirds seem to be increasing, few passerines were seen anywhere along
the route. Below are the highlights
*Montauk Point*
Scoters of all three species a
Peter Polshek and I went birding with my ornithology students today from
Georgica Pond to Mecox Bay (eastern Suffolk Co.) for about 2.5 hrs. We did
not see anything particularly rare but did find 2 Horned Grebes and 7 ROYAL
TERNS @ Mecox. In addition, we counted 4260 Double-crested Cormorants movin
We decided to head out east early this morning, in hopes of finding some of the
previously reported Hurricane Irene birds. Our previous experiences with day
old hurricane strays did not bode well: the vast majority of these birds seem
to leave as soon as the storm abates. The one exception to t
This morning, Lila Fried, Jacob Drucker, Ben Goloff and I decided to take our
chances with the weather and make a run out to eastern Suffolk County. Our
first stop was the Hook Pond area of East Hampton where we encountered a single
Greater White-fronted Goose in a flock of 150 Canada Geese on
Today I finished my section of the waterfowl count in the Napeague area
(Suffolk Co.) The waterfowl was incredibly uneventful.
I found the immature NORTHERN SHRIKE along Lazy Point Rd, sitting on the
Osprey nest.
At Hither Hills State Park campground I found 1 American Pipit, 3
White-crowned Spar
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