Some good birds out east seen by me and Bobby Rosetti. The male and female Barrow's Goldeneye were seen well in the southwest corner of Lake Montauk around 10 AM, and an immature Bald Eagle flew over the area. Hook Pond was mostly frozen and a very quick stop had only a female common Merg of note. At Montauk Point there were many scoters, mostly Surf and Black, only a few Common Eider and no alcids - ditto Camp Hero. By the restaurant on the beach were an adult and second winter Lesser Black Backed Gull - no white-winged gulls. Very few birds at Montauk Harbor with only a Great Cormorant on the tower on the jetty. And finally as Doug noted the Pink-footed Goose which we lucked into, finding it as soon as we arrived around 2:30 - the Cackling Goose was found a little later. It flew off a bit before 3:30, headed northeast. A very tame male Pheasant walked by us on Roanoke Avenue --
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