Jones Beach West End, 26 January Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) started at the Coast Guard Marina at high tide. Among the Brant covering the bar were AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and DUNLIN. Single AMERICAN and SURF SCOTERS plus LONG-TAILED DUCKS were in the water.
Driving to West End #2, we passed a flock of TREE SPARROWS on the far turnaround. IPSWICH SPARROWS were in the SE corner of the lot. HORNED LARKS flew over. Lots of COMMON and RED*THROATED LOONS were scattered over the inlet and in the ocean. Walking to the jetty and scanning the ocean as we went (a scope is required), we saw NORTHERN GANNET, some resting on the water, approx. 75 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS and 200 COMMON EIDERS. But the best was an INCREDIBLE 100+ RAZORBILLS. If there were Scoters, we would have thought we were at Montauk. -- 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/ --
