Hello All, We took a ride out to Montauk this morning primarily to try for the Eared Grebe seen at Ditch Plains. As we were passing Kellis Pond along Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton an adult Bald Eagle cruised over the treetops and scattered Canada's in all directions. At Camp Hero we ran into Rob Bate and his friend Rich who'd just been looking,unsuccessfully, for the K.Eiders. We all moved to the other side and again came up short. We did find several Common Redpolls , a Turkey Vulture and a very lazed out Harp Seal on the beach north of the concession. Then we moved west to the trailer park and spent a good deal of time spotting for the Grebe. There were a few Horned G's out amongst the wind tossed rollers and 2 Purple Sandpipers on the rocks, but no bullseye on the Eared. Dick Belanger and I left Rob and Rich at that point and headed back to East Lake Drive. We dipped on the Western Tanager uphill but had a Red Necked Grebe and 2 Great Cormorants at the jetty. Lazy Point at Napeague had the usual assemblage plus the biggest surprise of the day, an early Piping Plover on the shore of Hicks Island. We ended the afternoon with a stop at Atlantic Ave. Amagansett and nailed our original target right out front, Eared Grebe. Good March Birding, Carl Starace
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