I took a quick look at a few East Hampton (Suffolk Co.) spots this chilly afternoon. Highlights were a splendid adult* LITTLE BLUE HERON* on the marsh at Landing Lane in Accabonac Harbor (could this be Vicki Bustamante's Montauk bird?) plus a Great Egret and a Greater Yellowlegs. A male *PIPING PLOVER* was hunkered down on the outer beach at Gerard Point. The wintering shorebird flock around the inlet included 8 Black-bellied Plover, 45+ Ruddy Turnstone, 20+ Dunlin and a few Sanderlings. A good number of oystercatcher (16+) and Osprey (7+) seem settled into the harbor area.
A quick seawatch from Atlantic Ave in Amagansett produced a *RED-NECKED GREBE*, growing numbers of Red-throated Loons (76++) and small numbers of the usual winter stuff. Cheers, Angus -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
