Pete Morris and I spent three hours seawatching from Field 2 at Robert Moses State Park this morning starting at 07:00. Despite challenging conditions, decent seabird movement was evident. Like Angus we saw a strong movement of scoters with over 17,000 counted during the period, nearly all heading east to west. Approximately 90% were Black Scoter, with much smaller numbers of Surf and only double-digits of White-winged.
Unlike observers to the east we encountered fair numbers of terns and jaegers, with a handful of Forster's, Common, and Royal Terns generally moving east to west. Additionally, at least three Parasitic Jaegers were seen, all early in the morning. About 15 Bonaparte's Gulls were present, showing no clear movement in either direction. Though no tubenoses were noted during our watch, Taylor Sturm observed a very close Manx Shearwater from the same vantage at approximately 17:00 heading from east to west. With strong easterlies projected to continue until 03:00, even the southwesterly winds forecast for tomorrow morning may be productive if birds are attempting to exit the New York Bight early in the AM. eBird checklist here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40200631 Brent Bomkamp Eatons Neck On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Angus Wilson <oceanwander...@gmail.com> wrote: > The onshore winds produced a good East to West flight of sea duck and > gannets this morning but with modest diversity. Highlights of a 1 hr count > from East Hampton (Suffolk) were 2 RAZORBILLS (more typical of December) > and a single Corys Shearwater. Absence of jaegers and terns seems > noteworthy. > > Angus Wilson > New York City, USA > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --