Three Black Skimmers flew across the Belt Parkway at Plumb Beach, Brooklyn at 6:20 this morning.
At Robert Moses SP, southwestern Suffolk County, from 7:30-8:00 yesterday morning, I counted 74 Red-throated Loons migrating from west to east over the ocean. Three of these were in full breeding plumage. I also noticed a strong flight of Common Loons for the first time this season, with 13 birds in mostly breeding plumage flying eastward. One of these cut inland and flew up the Fire Inlet, as many Common Loons tend to do at this time of year. More unusual was a flock of 25 Black Scoters migrating up the inlet (modest numbers of all three scoters, plus Gannets, Bonaparte's Gulls, and Forster's Terns were moving eastward over the ocean). Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ Think green before you print this email. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
