Re: [nysbirds-l] Montauk area: 7 February

[Arie Gilbert]

Title: Montauk area: 7 February

Eric Miller and I birded Montauk Point and vicinity yesterday too, arriving in the morning. We had the same sightings as described below, though we did have a few ~3 Gannets, and slightly more Razorbills. No Dovekie. We also had the imm. Black-headed Gull at South Lake drive At Kirk Beach we had 40+ White-winged Crossbills still feeding in the parking lot. At Quail Hill Farm we had a large flock of sparrows that were mostly Field and Chipping Arie Gilbert North Babylon, NY WWW.Powerbirder.blogspot.com  WWW.qcbirdclub.org On 2/7/2013 10:39 PM, Peter Max Polshek wrote: A pre-storm visit at midday today. As expected the Point was quiet, Common Eider and all three Scoters in low numbers (50-150), no Gannets, few Common Loons, even fewer Red-throated, a few Horned Grebes, and 4 Razorbills. At Lake Montauk from South Lake Drive I was able to relocate both BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (drake and hen) which have been present since 2 January.  They were in the southwest corner of the "Lake" associating with a small flock of Common Goldeneye. At the end of West Lake Drive at the base of the jetty ere the two Iceland Gulls (adult and 1st year) that been frequenting the beach for quite a while. That's about it. Hopefully tomorrow morning will be more interesting at the Point after a night of east winds. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2897 / Virus Database: 2639/6070 - Release Date: 01/31/13 Internal Virus Database is out of date.