Today, like yesterday, I freed up in the afternoon and got some birding in, heading east, albeit on the North Fork, this time. All of today's sightings were from the car, except for the final (~ 100 yard walk).section of the Fishermen's Rd. that takes you to the actual "Point" in Orient (Plum Gut). 4 Great Cormorants were found resting on the Plum Island Lighthouse, while 4 C. Goldeneyes were seen feeding, just past the rocks in the Gut. Raptors seen on this round-trip between Riverhead & Orient, were 2 Turkey Vultures and 5 Red-tailed Hawks.
Once we arrived home (my wife RuthAnn from Stony Brook) the decision was made to go out for dinner. While heading south on Ostrander Ave (in order to get to E. Main St.) near the intersection of Corwin,* we noticed a group of large, black, birds circling, as they too, headed south. Pulling over, I started to count them, which proved to be difficult because they kept back-tracking & re-mixing ! It took 6 tries, but I'm confident that there were 29-31 T.V's...a truly amazing # for L.I. ! *This is the location of this winter's roost, which I first reported on March 2 Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
