Well, just one whale but it was a treat. Started scanning at Camp Hero at around 8am and almost immediately had a whale spout 100 yards off-shore directly in front of me. It spouted and showed it's back/fin a couple more times as it headed West - based on size (~20'), fin shape (sharp, curved point, set well back), and brief surface time, I'm pretty sure it was a MINKE WHALE.
Birds were a bit of an anti-climax after that but did see a single female KING EIDER, lots of RAZORBILLS (I stopped counting at 60), a single BLACK-LEGGED KITTEWAKE (at the point), large numbers of Red-throated Loons (200+), a Brown Thrasher, and a Chipping Sparrow. Spent a few hours checking some of the less birded areas in Napeague and Amagansett but, other than a few Sapsuckers, nothing really to report. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
