Two RAZORBILLS (at least) were present in Jones Inlet during the early afternoon. From the fisherman's parking lot, looking north toward the Loop Parkway Bridge. I became aware of their presence when one was relatively close, and drifted behind some Red-throated Loons I had been photographing. While pale in comparison to Razorbill numbers on the ocean out east, it was nice to see the species close to home, and sort of right there with me in inshore waters.
Loon numbers were good, especially Red-throated, but the Bonaparte's Gull numbers were as paltry as a week ago (so not much to work with for its rarer associates). Steve Walter -- 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/ --
