Wasn't out this morning but managed an early evening seawatch (5:31-6:31 PM) from the beach in Amagansett (Suffolk Co.). Viewing was limited by a bank of offshore fog but with enough open water to observe a steady trickle of seabirds. The mix was similar to the birds seen from Fire Island this morning, as per Ken Feustel's posting. Highlights were a single *MANX SHEARWATER*, a light-phase adult *PARASITIC JAEGER*, a handful of *WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS* and an *ICELAND GULL*.
Common Loon - 1 Red-throated Loon - 12 *MANX SHEARWATER* - 1 (headed west) *WILSON'S STORM-PETREL* - 11+ (east) Northern Gannet - 39 (all subads of various ages, mostly W). Double-crested Cormorant - 30 Black Scoter - 33 Surf Scoter - 57 scoter sp. - 14 Osprey - 1 (headed east) Great Black-backed Gull - 9 Herring Gull - 62 *ICELAND GULL* - 1 (2nd Cy type, E) Bonaparte's Gull - 1 (basic adult, E) Laughing Gull - 3 (ads. E) *PARASITIC JAEGER* - 1 (ad. light-phase, E) Common Tern - 172 (E) Least Tern - 8+ American Oystercatcher - 7 (headed E) Purple Martin - 1 (E) -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
