Probably last of season (although first of 2014 Year for me) Snowy owl still present yesterday in Hampton Bays, along with my FOS American Oystercatcher. Also sighted many Brants, red-breaasted mergansers and many flashy red wing blackbirds and boat tailed grackles. Large flocks of Robins (40-50 arriving in the back yard just as junco numbers are diminishing (from 25+ daily to 4 yesterday). 26 ring-necked ducks on Lily Pond in East Hampton, and for those worried about declining populations of mute swans, over 30 of them present on Hook Pond yesterday.
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