RE: [nysbirds-l] East End Storm Birding

2010-09-04 Thread Seth Ausubel
To add to Hugh's post: At Montauk Point the wind was blowing strongly from the west by 7:30 a.m. While storm birds were a bust, we did have a few notables there including: A CASPIAN TERN; a WHIMBREL that flew in off the ocean and landed on the beach on the north side of the point; a WHITE-WINGED S

[nysbirds-l] East End Storm Birding

2010-09-04 Thread Hugh McGuinness
I went out early this morning to confirm what I already knew: the storm was a flop in terms of birds. I visited Georgica, Sagaponack and Mecox Bay in eastern Suffolk Co. The highlight was undoubtedly bumping into Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay. The most interesting bird was a lone PECTORAL SAND