Also had some SNOW BUNTINGS today - 2 at Sammy's Beach. Otherwise, waterfowl numbers building up - had 3 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Pied-billed Grebes and 5 American Coot at Ice House Pond in Montauk and a couple of Green-winged Teal at Teddy Roosevely County Park. White-winged Scoter are building up on the Bay-side in East Hampton and I saw a lot more Surf Scoters closer to Montauk, plus a few Great Cormorants. On the lingering end of the spectrum, had a Palm Warbler at Deep Hollow Ranch and 20+ Forster's Terns at Montauk Inlet. Sparrow numbers are markedly higher than last week in most places, but despite investing some time in locations like East Lake Drive, I wasn't able to come up with more than a scattering of Chipping Sparrows in among the hundreds of Junco's, White-throated and Song Sparrows.
Yesterday we had 2 ROYAL TERNS and 2 RED-THROATED LOONS in Napeague Harbor (from the Walking Dunes side). An interesting contrast as the seasons change. -- 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/ --
