NYbirders, I just saw this report on eBird and thought it was worth forwarding.
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) (1) - Reported Jan 02, 2012 11:00 by Marlene DuBois - Montauk SP, Suffolk, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.0708333,-71.8586111&ll=41.0708333,-71.8586111 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9476464 - Comments : "Sitting on water, barrel-shaped body, entire length of belly white, black upper, bulky orangish bill--ruled out Dovekie, Razorbill and any other similarly shaped species, bc bills on all others are smaller (sleekly-shaped) black bills. Observed for full 15 minutes, swimming alone, with Common Eiders nearby." Good luck, and please post if you relocate the puffin tomorrow. Cheers, Tom -- Tom Johnson [email protected] -- 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/ --
