I'm curious to know if birders along the south shores of Long Island (Breezy Pt eastwards) and Staten Island have seen above or below normal numbers of Razorbills today?
This morning, a spectacular flight of RAZORBILLS occurred along the coast of northern New Jersey. Bill Boyle and Hank Burk tallied 2,000+ flying south past the mouth of the Manasquan Inlet between 8:30-9:45 AM. All were in flight and in flocks of up to 50 birds. From Deal, which is a few miles to the north, Harvey Tomlinson and Ted Young observed several hundred at roughly the same time in the morning. Events like this always raise lots of interesting questions. Does this mean that birds have drained out of areas to the north or is a very localized effect? Where will these birds end up? The rocky seabed along the north NJ shore can attract reasonable numbers of Razorbills but this is unprecedented. -- 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/ --
