Hello All, John McNeil,Dick Belanger and I started this mornings birding at the eastern side of Shinnecock Inlet after dipping on the Hampton Bays Water Tower Ravens. About one hundred yards off the easternmost jetty we had a resting flock of 9 Razorbill, also one Bonaparte Gull. There were many Red Throated Loons about and a handful of Horned Grebes. The sizeable,[for Shinnecock], flock of 200+ Common Eider were still in place in the inner bay by the inlet. We checked the various ponds south of Southampton Village for waterfowl.Lake Agawam held the most diversity with Scaup and Gadwall most common. We had 6 Northern Shoveler and 5 Redhead as well. Stopping on Murray Lane,[off of Little Plains Road], to view a large flock of Robin we found 4 Cedar Waxwing amongst them. At the Mill Pond by Watermill village's western end we counted 6 Black Crowned Night Heron in the trees along the northern end.We also had Belted Kingfisher's at four different locales.Good mid February Birding, Carl Starace
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