Dear Fellow Birders, I was talking with Tom Burke a little while who had been to Montauk Point earlier in the day. He commented on the paucity of RAZORBILL at the point--I believe his count was 8. So now we know where they went, and my guess is the reason is a search for food.
In other news, the WESTERN TANAGER was still present along East Lake Drive today, but the Napeague Shrike and Snowy Owl have so far not been found. Yesterday at Shinnecock, I found an obliging adult PEREGRINE at the bridge and 3 SEASIDE SPARROWS and 1 SALTMARSH SPARROW near Dolphin Lane. Five AMERICAN PIPITS flew over the inlet, otherwise Dune Road was pretty uneventful. Hugh On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Angus Wilson <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm curious to know if birders along the south shores of Long Island > (Breezy Pt eastwards) and Staten Island have seen above or below normal > numbers of Razorbills today? > > This morning, a spectacular flight of RAZORBILLS occurred along the coast > of northern New Jersey. Bill Boyle and Hank Burk tallied 2,000+ flying south > past the mouth of the Manasquan Inlet between 8:30-9:45 AM. All were in > flight and in flocks of up to 50 birds. From Deal, which is a few miles to > the north, Harvey Tomlinson and Ted Young observed several hundred at > roughly the same time in the morning. Events like this always raise lots of > interesting questions. Does this mean that birds have drained out of areas > to the north or is a very localized effect? Where will these birds end up? > The rocky seabed along the north NJ shore can attract reasonable numbers of > Razorbills but this is unprecedented. > > -- > Angus Wilson > New York City & The Springs, NY, USA > http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ > -- Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
