An atypical (weather-wise) late November at Montauk Pt. yielded a good loon flight, with Red-throated Loons in the majority, a small numbers of Razorbills (19), and a fair number of Bonaparte's Gulls (90). Scoters and Eiders were in the thousands, but the majority of large flocks were well offshore. The weather was just too pleasant for good birds. The previously reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher put in an appearance on the south side of the Point, call ing frequently in the warm sun. At Deep Hollow Ranch, the Canada Goose flock with the single White-fronted Goose was on the south side of Montauk Highway. At Duryea's Lobster Deck on the east side of Fort Pond Bay,Bob Kurtz discovered a Brown Pelican sleeping on top of one of the mooring poles. At the Town Park at the west end of Navy Road a walk out on the dock into Fort Pond Bay yielded excellent, close looks at eight Red-necked Grebes, the only grebes we saw all day. A few Laughing Gulls were still present at the Point and Lake Montauk jetty. At Napeague Harbor we did not see the Snowy Owl, but reliable Lazy Point Larry (the Lesser Black-backed Gull) was on station, and four species of shorebirds were on the flats.
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