Mark French and I conducted a hit-n-run seawatch from the Field 2 beach from 523-849AM. Viewing conditions were quite favorable. Two NORTHERN GANNETS were in view on occasion. The highlight however was a small group of 4 MANX SHEARWATER. They were flying in a rather direct manner - west to east - around 8:25AM. I initially spotted them looking 2 o'clock from the beach and followed them to roughly 10 o'clock (several minutes time). Got good looks at all key field marks in the scope, which I bumped up to 60x. The birds were "shearwating" low over the water - alternating between textbook "fairly quick, choppy" wingbeats and gliding.
Mike Britt Bayonne, NJ -- 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/ --
