Picture posted at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ . Kind of nice that I was there when it was found, rather than faced with a road trip upon the news of the discovery. A nice capper to the routine good birds of the area, which included the continuing pair of Harlequin Ducks sitting among 7 Purple Sandpipers on the western jetty in Point Lookout. Still a Common Eider here and there, including a cooperative female close to shore along the channel between the Coast Guard station and the fisherman's parking lot.
An additional note I have is that of a Rough-legged Hawk migrating high over Hook Mountain April 18. Quite unusual, but the second of the season there (in sporadic coverage) -- an interesting epilogue to the winter irruption. Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
