The Eared Grebe was present at about 8:45AM this morning, as viewed from the Senior Citizen parking lot on Oak Beach Road. The bird was actively feeding near the Sore Thumb, gradually making its way east to our location. Sue and I and Pat Palladino enjoyed good lucks at the bird as it joined a pair of Horned Grebes, allowing direct comparison and photographs. From there Sue and I traveled north to Sunken Meadow State Park, where we went to see the rafts of waterfowl that have been present at the mouth of the Nissequogue River since late January. On our way down the beach an Immature Bald Eagle flew east over the mouth of the river, flushing not only thousands of ducks (mostly Greater Scaup), but thousand of gulls feeding on the low tide in the mussel beds at the mouth of the river. We scoped through the gulls, locating a first winter Glaucous Gull as well as a second/third winter Lesser Black-backed Gull.
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