[nysbirds-l] Greater Scaup Influx - Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk
I was viewing a group of 30 Common Goldeneye from the parking area across from CSH State Park at around 0915. All of a sudden, the far background in my scope turned dark and started moving. A huge flock of Greater Scaup landed along the far shoreline. The general area is marked below in the dropped waypoint. I just returned to the area and placed myself more directly across from the enormous group. This number is most likely very conservative but I estimated well over 5,000 individuals as the vast majority of the shoreline was stacked with birds. It was an incredible sight. Name: Dropped Waypoint Coordinates: 40.87171° -73.47654° Elevation: 0 ft Link: View in Google Maps Derek Rogers Sayville -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Greater Scaup Influx - Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk
I was viewing a group of 30 Common Goldeneye from the parking area across from CSH State Park at around 0915. All of a sudden, the far background in my scope turned dark and started moving. A huge flock of Greater Scaup landed along the far shoreline. The general area is marked below in the dropped waypoint. I just returned to the area and placed myself more directly across from the enormous group. This number is most likely very conservative but I estimated well over 5,000 individuals as the vast majority of the shoreline was stacked with birds. It was an incredible sight. Name: Dropped Waypoint Coordinates: 40.87171° -73.47654° Elevation: 0 ft Link: View in Google Maps Derek Rogers Sayville -- 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/ --
