The Smithtown Count was postponed due to Monday's blizzard and rescheduled to Wednesday, December 29. The count totaled 106 species the highlights of which included:
3 Wood Duck (Blydenburgh County Park) 1 Eurasian Widgeon (Setauket Harbor) 8 Canvasback (Caleb Smith State Park) 2 Common Eider (Sunken Meadow, Port Jefferson on LI Sound) 1 Harlequin Duck (Old Field Spit btwn Old Field Pt. and Port Jefferson Inlet) 18 Common Merganser (Lake Ronkonkama) 1 American White Pelican (Seatauket Harbor) 6 Double -crested Cormorant (Sunken Meadow, Port Jeff Harbor, Long Beach, Nissequogue River) 1 Harrier 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Merlin (Sunken Meadow) 1 Peregrine Falcon (Sunken Meadow) 2 Clapper Rail 1 Virginia Rail 6 Purple Sandpiper (West jetty of Port Jeff Harbor inlet) 4 Razorbill (Sunken Meadow, Old Field Point) 11 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 Marsh Wren (Sunken Meadow, Nissequogue River) 5 Brown Thrasher 13 American Pipit (Mount Misery Point, Old Field Spit) 2 Purple Finch (Sunken Meadow) 3 Common Redpoll (Flax Pond Beach) Rich Gostic Compiler -- 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/ --
