Birded Sunken Meadow State Park (Suffolk County) this afternoon (3:00-5:30). The best find during that time were 4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. These birds were initially found among 90 Canada Geese feeding on the lawn just a little west of the roundabout at the end of the park entrance road, then seen again later on the field just east of the main parking lot. There was a fair mix of other waterfowl scattered about on Sunken Meadow Creek, mainly west of the entrance road. The mix included all 3 merganser species, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Gadwall, Black Duck, Mallard, and Coot. On Long Island Sound there were very low numbers of Common Goldeneye, R-b Merganser and Common Loon. Beside good numbers of returned Red-winged Blackbirds, the only passerine of note was a lone FOX SPARROW found on the inner marsh trail.
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