The *Brown Booby* continued at Lake Montauk viewed from Star Island Drive at 0700, marking 38 days since it arrived. The bird was not on any of the visible perches when I arrived, but was eventually seen in flight heading towards South Lake Drive. There may be a chance it will remain for the Montauk CBC on December 16th...
With the strong ESE winds (around 18 knots, much higher than the forecast) there was a pronounced seabird flight visible from Camp Hero State Park. The highlight was two *Black-legged Kittiwakes*, adult and first winter, that flew west to east under the cliffs soon after I arrived. Otherwise the diversity was not remarkable, though the sheer number of birds moving by, especially Northern Gannets and Laughing Gulls, was notable. Continuing west, I made many stops between Deep Hollow Ranch and Mecox Inlet yet failed to find any noteworthy species. As often seems to be the case all the interesting birds seemed to be concentrated in one spot. An hour spent birding the marsh and brushes in the area of Triton Lane off Dune Road produced an *acadius *Nelson's Sparrow, an American Bittern, a flyby Pectoral Sandpiper, and two Ipswich Sparrows. I ended the day at Heckscher State Park, where the three Hudsonian Godwits remained at the heavily depleted pools near Field 7. Soon after arriving, a Cooper's Hawk flew by and flushed the birds east and out of sight. Among the Black-bellied Plovers on the lawn in front of the closed parking area was the continuing American Golden Plover. If the godwits do not return to the now empty pools near Field 7 it may be worth checking the east marina at Timber Point County Park, where there was a significant concentration of Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, and Greater Yellowlegs on a sandbar southeast of the marina. Brent Bomkamp Eaton's Neck -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
