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> *Subject:* [nysbirds-l] Dune Road - Not about Birds, but for Birders
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> As of 23 May, the Town of Southampton has amended it’s parking rules,
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Sad news, but good to know. Thanks for the work to let us know.
Tom
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[mailto:bounce-124669997-81687...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of beachmed
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020 6:20 PM
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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Dune Road
As of 23 May, the Town of Southampton has amended it’s parking rules, requiring
a Current Resident Only Parking Permit for all town beaches and Trustee Roads.
This rule is in effect 7 days a week, with no exception, regardless of the lot
attendants being present or not. This is a major change
10:30 Dune road was very quiet - no raptors and very little waterfowl.
11:30 Quogue Wildlife Refuge had a pair of eagles lurking around who not long
after took off toward dune road.
On the way home another pair of eagles was spotted above sunrise highway just
to the southeast of the Brookhave
An Avocet is present now on Road K (West of Ponwuogue bridge on the
Bayside) with a variety of other Shorebirds. One has been lingering in
this area.
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This afternoon I drove the length of Dune road and spent a little time at
the inlet. It was dead low tide at the inlet and there were a lot of ducks
feeding and getting out of the wind on the western side. Most appeared to
be red-breasted mergansers, but there were also surf scoters, black scoter
Highlights of a morning driving and walking Dune Road from Shinnecock to
Cupsogue included a single shearwater, probably Cory’s, at Shinnecock along
with dozens of Gannets and about 10 Royal Terns milling around. A whale
cruising by offshore was probably a Humpback.
At Triton Lane I saw about
Just counted 26 black skimmers on Dune Road, east of Tiana beach as reported
yesterday by a Paul Hagen (thanks, Paul!)
Also present, Royal terns, oyster catchers, least and common terns, Rudy
turnstones, willets and assorted peeps The beach area is roped off for nesting
birds, so scope highly r
1 snowy owl on Dune road
1 horned grebe at Tiana
Many Northern Harriers along the marshes and several Loons in the Inlet
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Sue and I spent the morning birding Dune Road in misty and overcast conditions.
We combined our Dune Road trip with a late morning stop at Eastport Pond. There
was not much on the ocean beside flyby Common Eider and scoters. The bays were
virtually devoid of ducks. At Shinnecock the jetty’s were
Just checked my phone and noticed that John Wittenberg texted that he had a
Marbled Godwit on the bay side west of Tiana Beach shore. This was at 8:57am
Karen Fung
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This morning I visited Dune Road with the intention of birding from Shinnecock
Inlet (SI) to Moriches Inlet (MI). On the way down to SI I observed a number of
flocks of Robins feeding on berries of Red Cedar and various ornamental
evergreens. At 47 Dune Road a drab Pine Warbler put in a brief ap
Cornelius Clifford lives in Hampton Bays, is a retired high school teacher,
and a relation of mine through marriage, who has spent 81 years on this
earth (until today) without ever hearing of the Snowy Owl bird specie, and
of course, ever seeing one !
After picking him up for our luncheon date, i
I returned to Dune Rd. this afternoon, and once again saw, what I'm pretty
sure is the same Snowy Owl, albeit in a fairly close, but different
location.
Starting at the Jessup La. Bridge, Westhampton Beach, I road Dune Rd. to
it's easterly end at the Shinnicock Inlet, Hampton Bays. Although today'
This morning I drove Dune Road from Westhampton to Shinnecock Inlet, under
exceptionally pleasant conditions for birding: it was almost windless and
relatively "warm" (by current standards). I checked the ocean at almost
every viewpoint. A single Red-necked Grebe was a short distance east of
Quogue
Dune road was very quiet today. Large portions of Tiana Bay are frozen
over with black ducks and gulls everywhere. Only saw one Northern Harrier
that we spooked from the shoulder of the road. Plenty of Scoters near the
inlet (on the west side of the jetty) but didn't spend the time to see if
any
Today around 4:00pm I took a drive down dune rd and to my surprise, saw a
short-eared owl hovering and finally perching for a few minutes on the south
side of the road (between roads L and K).
Melissa
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I forgot to mention this, but I did a trip down Dune Road yesterday (From
Ponquogue Bridge to the first Bridge in Westhampton) and basically saw
nothing. It was very quiet and very drab - though things should turn
around shortly, starting with Red-winged black birds.
What I did notice, however, w
Signs of spring, family of 5 Ospreys circling and carrying nesting material.
Never thought I'd say a "flock" of Ospreys.
Grasses pretty matted, not much of note, a lone Black Crown Night Heron
standing in the grasses. Point east of coast guard station still littered
with Scoters.
Enjoy Spring!
This afternoon along Dune Road I spotted 1 Snowy Owl on a duck blind
between Tiana and Dockers
Other birds seen here Black Crowned Night Herons and Great Blue Herons.
The Inlet was quiet - a raft of birds off one of the jetties but nothing
in close. A few red-breasted mergansers in the open (very
Dune Road and Shinnecock Inlet continue to produce good birds. Highlights of a
mornings birding (mostly from the car due to the wind) includes Black-legged
Kittiwake (2) off of the Shinnecock Inlet east jetty, two first winter Iceland
Gulls in and around the inlet, the continuing first winter Gl
This afternoon I took a ride to Dune Road / Shinnecock Inlet.
The inlet held a nice raft which consisted of various scoter species and
Common Eiders as well as some fringe red-breasted mergansers. The
highlight was an immature male King Eider that I photographed
(accidentally).
The rest of Dune
We started our birding day at Montauk Point, where there were a good number of
Scoter and Eider on both sides of the Point. Despite the good numbers, we could
not turn up anything of interest. The highlight was a good Razorbill flight
consisting of approximately110 birds. After leaving the Point
In additions to the birds mentioned by Brent, the continuing juvenile Glaucous
Gull was in the parking area alongside the inlet.
While observing the Grasshopper Sparrow at the Swan Beach parking lot, I found
an Orange-crowned Warbler in the same area.
On the north side of Dune Road at Triton
There were some excellent birds in the vicinity of Shinnecock Inlet and
Dune Road this morning. Along with the aforementioned King Eiders, a
second winter *Iceland Gull* and an adult Great Cormorant were on the
western jetty at the inlet. At the parking lot at the base of the
Ponquogue Bridge the
I hesitated to report seeing a Tricolored Heron today, but I do have a
picture, although it is not very good,but, by process of elimation, seems to
be this heron. If any one would care to look at my picture and confirm this,
please let me know, and I will E mail it. Thanks!
Andy Murphy
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Big flock of Ruddy Tunstones on the bay side, but saw no Horseshoe Crabs,
Big flocks of Dunlin on the Ocean beach, together with sanderlings,
semipalmated sandpipers,black bellied plovers.
Saw my FOY Short- billed Dowitcher up close in the ditch on the bay side.
Andy Murphy
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Thanks to Derek for posting the bird's relocation here after I called him, and
to Eileen for her more detailed location description. After not finding the
bird at its original location (Road L), I decided to make a systematic search
of likely locations to which it might have moved, starting with
Dune Road this morning was at an extremely high tide (as high as I've ever
seen it when not in a storm). It was easily passable in a sedan - but a
good rinse with freshwater is recommended afterwards Due to the high tide
birds were scarce but I did note the following:
Belted Kingfisher
Northern
This afternoon I took a trip to Dune Road which was free and clear except
for a massive puddle to the East of Tiana which kept me from driving
through with my car (trucks can pass no problem).
Birds were scarce, but of good quality. American Bittern, Semi-palmated
Sandpiper, Northern Harrier, Sha
This morning I took a drive down Dune Road. On my way toward Hampton Bays
I spotted an Adult Cooper's Hawk on a powerline. Two hooded mergansers
were near the Quogue/East Quogue border on a small pool on the north side
of the road. Other highlights include: American Bittern (near triton
lane), b
Hello, Kevin Nolan, Dick Belanger and I did this
years Waterfowl Census along Dune Road from the Inlet west to the first
Quogue Bridge. Some totals were 48 Common Goldeneye, 78 Bufflehead, 203
Common Eider and over 1,000 Scoter. Highlights of our day were an actively
feeding Razorbill by abo
I searched for the Western Grebe without success from 7:45 to 9:15 this
morning, west and east of Ponquogue Bridge and on the ocean in that
vicinity. I was more successful in my search for finches and bitterns to
the west on Dune Road. As I prepared to leave Dune Road at the Swordfish
Beach Club (
Hi, Crossbills continue along the eastern section of Dune Rd. I saw
only Red Crossbills,[35], this morning working the pines between Tiana
Beach and Triton Lane. There were 9 Bonaparte Gulls amongst a larger
settled group about 300 yds east of Tiana parking lot. A Belted Kingfisher,
5 GB He
Some good birds out today. I started at Cupsogue which had the standard mix
of shorebirds. *RED KNOT* numbers were up with near 100 individuals. The
highlight on the flats was 1 adult basic *BONAPARTE'S GULL*. The boney was
loafing among Royal and Common Terns. I counted 19 *ROYAL TERNS*.
I then d
Following up on Ken Feustel's observations barrier beach report: along Dune
Road this afternoon I found three Baltimore Orioles and three Brown Thrashers
within a few hundred feet of each other, along the Old Ponquogue Bridge
boat-launch road. A Common Loon was under the bridge, along side the
I spent an unproductive morning on Dune Road this morning, hoping that the cold
weather and high tides would push some birds out of the marsh. Other than a
first winter Lesser Black-backed Gull at Shinnecock Inlet, the birding was
slow. I stopped by the Quogue Wildllfe Refuge to see if the previ
Hi All, Had a brief look along Dune Rd. this morning with Dick
Belanger.We found the 1st year female Snowy Owl over on Warner Island,[east
of Ponquogue Bridge], that had been seen earlier this week. One of the 2
recent Great Egrets was working the ditch just west of Triton Lane and an
America
Hello All, Congrats. to Dave Rankin,[and thanks to John Haas],
for the terrific/amazing upstate find and photos of the Grey Crowned Rosy
Finch!!! In eastern Suffolk as of yesterday afternoon the lone female
Harlequin found by James Clinton and Mel Cowgill last Saturday was still
present
Per the official Towns of Quogue and Westhampton Beach web-sites,
south-bound bridge access to Dune Road is closed. No official word
yet from the Town of Southampton - Ponquogue Bridge, Hampton Bays.
Eileen Schwinn
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On Dune Road this morning there was not a lot of bird activity, and the marsh
looked ravaged by the recent storms and high tides. I had my FOY Eastern
Willet, as well as a slightly early Eastern Kingbird. A flock of thirty Common
Eider are still present at Shinnecock Inlet. At Mecox Inlet the t
Pardon my error, but the Dune Road rail is a Clapper Rail. Thanks Hugh for the
Heads up! I'll check with the experts next time. Good Birding to all.
Matt
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Today at 3:00 PM, I observed an American bittern on the marsh (bay) side of
Dune Road, between Neptune's and Triton Lane. The bird was very successfully
hunting in a pool directly across from the Town of Southampton Sand Bar Beach,
so maybe it will remain in the area.
-Joe
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This morning at Shinnecock Inlet the five Harlequin Ducks were along the
eastern jetty with good numbers of Common Eider in the inlet and in Shinnecock
Bay (approx. 300). Only one Bonaparte's Gull was observed in and around the
inlet. A cooperative American Bittern, scarce this winter, was in th
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