A strong east wind provided for some excellent sea birding this morning at RMSP Field 2. Good numbers of the large gulls, Gannets, and Laughing Gulls were feeding fairly close inshore. I was pleasantly surprised to see five Cory's Shearwaters feeding with the gulls and Gannets. In reviewing my sea watch records this is a late date for this species at this location by well over a month. I thought this was impressive until I consulted Bull's Birds of New York State and saw a Jones Beach State Park record of 435 on 10/16/66. Also present was a Parasitic Jaeger harassing a Laughing Gull, and two Royal Terns. Totals are below, representing a fifty minute observation.
White-winged Scoter - 1 Black Scoter - 27 Scoter sp. -150 Common Loon - 3 Cory's Shearwater - 5 Northern Gannet - 350 D. C. Cormorant - 80 Laughing Gull - 150 Royal Tern -2 Parasitic Jaeger - 1 Ken Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
