This AM, from 1000 to ~ 1145, Steve Biasetti led the above field trip. There were ~ 25 participants, who were thrilled with the way it started out ! Before even taking a step away from our meeting location (the west breakwater) we had wonderful views of the "bird of the day"...a lingering Snowy Owl. "Oakland's Restaurant", while closed for the season, did a brisk bit of birding business today ! Out in the bay, the most numerous specie was Long-tailed Duck, with a rough count of ~ 1000...certainly the largest group of Old Squaws* I have ever seen on L.I., or for that matter, anywhere. Also seen were ~ 200 C.Eiders, all 3 Scoters, and ~ 50 Harbor Seals. The series of stops, as we moved west, produced good numbers of Black Ducks, Buffleheads and at least 1 N.Harrier.
Cheers, Bob * Sorry, my bad...but I miss that name ! -- 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/ --
