A sea watch was undertaken from Robert Moses State Park Field 5 this morning. The feeding flocks of Gannets, large gulls, and Black-legged Kittiwakes moved further offshore, making identification of distant birds difficult. Good numbers of scoters and Common Eiders were present, as well as two late Royal Terns. Totals are below:
Red-throated Loon - 45 Common Loon - 3 Northern Gannet - 125 Black Scoter - 600 Surf Scoter - 250 White-winged Scoter - 6 Dark Scoter Species - 500 Common Eider - 85 Long-tailed Duck - 20 Lesser Scaup - 10 (with Scoters and Eiders) Laughing Gull - 2 Ring-billed Gull - 350 Herring Gull - 200 Great Black-backed Gull - 50 Bonaparte's Gull - 3 Black-legged Kittiwake - 3 Royal Tern - 2 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/ --
