[nysbirds-l] Westhampton Dunes Seawatch, Suffolk
Michael Scheibel and I did a quick, 25 minute seawatch this afternoon across from the parking area at Westhampton Dunes Overlook County Park. In the 25 minutes of birding we had at least 30 Sooty Shearwaters and around 50 Northern Gannets. It was rare that I'd make a pass with my scope and not see either species. At times, Sootys were pretty darn close to shore, close enough where you could make out bill structure. 2 Laughing Gull, many Least and Common Terns were the other birds in the mix. No jaegers but I can add one to Shai's listed numbers from Robert Moses as I had 1 chasing gulls during a sea watch on Sunday evening at RMSP Field 3. Plenty of good shorebirds on the flats at the overlook. Best, 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] Westhampton Dunes Seawatch, Suffolk
Michael Scheibel and I did a quick, 25 minute seawatch this afternoon across from the parking area at Westhampton Dunes Overlook County Park. In the 25 minutes of birding we had at least 30 Sooty Shearwaters and around 50 Northern Gannets. It was rare that I'd make a pass with my scope and not see either species. At times, Sootys were pretty darn close to shore, close enough where you could make out bill structure. 2 Laughing Gull, many Least and Common Terns were the other birds in the mix. No jaegers but I can add one to Shai's listed numbers from Robert Moses as I had 1 chasing gulls during a sea watch on Sunday evening at RMSP Field 3. Plenty of good shorebirds on the flats at the overlook. Best, 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/ --
