What Taylor said about Montauk point - nice find, Taylor, on the Cave Swallows. Also Bobby Rosetti picked out 2 good gull species today. The first was the adult Kumlien's Iceland Gull on the western jetty of Montauk harbor, not that conspicuous as it was roosting with its head hidden. In the same area he kicked up a Pipit in the grasses by the parking lot, and from the western side 2 Purple Sandpipers were seen at the tip of the western jetty. There were a couple of Razorbills here as well as the point, and the ones by the jetty gave great looks in excellent light and mirror-like waters. Culloden point is blocked off now. The other good find was a 1st winter Black-legged Kittiwake at the southern end of Agwam Lake in the middle of Herring Gulls and a couple of Greater Black-backs. After about 30 minutes, just after 1 birder got to see it, the gull flock flew south towards the ocean. Not much on Dune Road. > From: [email protected] > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Montauk - King Eider, Cave Swallows, Western Kingbird, > etc. > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 16:07:52 -0500 > To: [email protected] > > Hello everyone!!!! > This morning Tim Dunn and I (Taylor Sturm) met in Montauk this warm December > day for some good ol' fashioned birding. > In addition to the previously reported WESTERN KINGBIRD, as reported this > morning by Angus Wilson, the following highlights were observed: > At 7:10 am, an absolutely spectacular looking adult male KING EIDER flew in > the company of 4 surf scoter just past the breakers as viewed from the > restaurant. > At 9:30 am, while sea watching, 6 CAVE SWALLOWS graced us (as well as B > Grover, K Thompson, D Klauber, GSB Audubon, et al.) with their presence. They > came from the direction of the lighthouse and continued right to left across > the restaurant down the beach. The 6 CASW were seen nearly a half hour later > heading South towards the parking lots as Tim and I walked down the 4x4 path > to the beach west of the restaurant. > An immature ICELAND GULL was also spied during the sea watch. (also an adult > ICELAND GULL was picked out on the western jetty of Lake Montauk- by a birder > who's name I do not know) :( > Numbers of RAZORBILLS were pretty dang good. I can't attest to other people's > numbers but I observed close to 50 individuals throughout my time in Montauk > (Point, Camp Hero, Gin Beach) with the greatest group being a line of 13. > A MARSH WREN was present at Big Reed Pond, from which a VIRGINIA RAIL was > also heard calling. > The geese at Deep Hollow Ranch were seemingly homogeneously Canada. > > Good April (uh I mean December) birding, > Taylor Sturm > -- > > 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/ > > -- > --
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