Tom,
City Island runs mainly north to south and juts out into Long Island Sound. At the southern tip, viewing is to the south-southeast to east. A number of species that might be thought of as deep water species may show up here, including Gannet, Great Cormorant, both loons, Common Goldeneye, and rarely Razorbill. Seals too. The scoter flock was first reported by Jack Rothman on Dec. 23 and then counted / estimated by me on Dec. 26. It would be interesting to know what's in the historical records for the Bronx-Westchester and Queens (which I think once covered Kings Point on the other side) counts. In the thirty or so years that I've done the CBC and winter waterfowl surveys, this is unprecedented. It could be different during migration. I believe there is or was a significant scoter migration through western Long Island Sound. Steve From: Lake, Thomas R. [mailto:l...@sunydutchess.edu] Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 5:35 PM To: Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net>; Michael Bochnik <mboch...@yahoo.com> Cc: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Bronx-Westchester CBC results Mike & Steve ---- When was this huge assemblage of Scoters seen? By "off City Island," do you mean in the East River? Thanks, and Happy New Year! Tom Lake NYSDEC Estuary Naturalist Hudson River Estuary Program trla...@aol.com <mailto:trla...@aol.com> _____ From: bounce-121111900-26920...@list.cornell.edu <mailto:bounce-121111900-26920...@list.cornell.edu> <bounce-121111900-26920...@list.cornell.edu <mailto:bounce-121111900-26920...@list.cornell.edu> > on behalf of Michael Bochnik <mboch...@yahoo.com <mailto:mboch...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 10:29:52 PM To: Steve Walter Cc: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu <mailto:nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Bronx-Westchester CBC results My email was wrong. Steve is correct. They were Surf Scoters. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net <mailto:swalte...@verizon.net> > wrote: Michael, The scoter counts off City Island are 1200 Surf, 40 White-winged, and 20 Black. It sounds like it got transcribed incorrectly somewhere along the way. Steve -- NYSbirds-L List Info: <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> Surfbirds <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> ABA Please submit your observations to <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> Surfbirds <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> ABA Please submit your observations to <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
