Numbers of *WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS* continue in the body of water separating the North and South Forks of Long Island (Suffolk Co.) as first reported by Bruce Horwith from last weekend. This morning I counted 74 from Culloden Point in Montauk. A telescope is required and the birds were feeding over a relatively broad area to the east of Gardiner's Island and south of Great Gull Island. Small numbers of storm-petrels have frequented this same area is past summers but it's unclear what attracts them. By contrast, no tubenoses of any kind were seen in a brief scan east or south of Montauk Point. A bedraggled flock of summering seaduck continue in Shagwong Bay (off Oyster Pond) with 9 *SURF SCOTER*, 2 *WHITE-WINGED SCOTER*and 2 *COMMON EIDER*.
-- 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 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/ --
