Spent an hour in the late afternoon birding Jones Inlet from the Pt. Lookout side. Had the five harlequin ducks (three adult male, 2 adult female). They lifted off, did a long circled flight around the Inlet and headed out to the ocean heading west. However, I could not relocate them after a short walk to the groin field on the ocean. Also saw two common eider hens and one great cormorant but was surprised by the lack of any loons or grebes.
Mill Pond Park had the regular cast of waterfowl characters as did Camman's Pond which provided great views of five black-crowned night-heron visibly perched in the treed island in the pond. John Turner -- 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/ --
