The spectacular Razorbill and Red-throated Loon show continues in Block Island Sound as viewed from the north shore of Montauk Point (Suffolk Co.), with several thousand of both species easily visible from different vantage points. As others have noted, the activity dries up mid-morning but small numbers of Razorbill can still be seen throughout the day. Seaduck numbers seem to be climbing compared to a week or two ago.
Early afternoon a basic plumaged COMMON MURRE was seen briefly in Turtle Cove as viewed from the Camp Hero Bluffs. It was 300-400 yards out and diving rapidly among the rafts of Black Scoter and Common Eider. I was unable to relocate the Barrow's Goldeneye found on the CBC. Lastly, on my way home I was surprised by a CATTLE EGRET flying east along the Montauk Hwy (Rt 27) just before where the new and old roads split. Although I gave chase along the Old Montauk Hwy, I could not find refind the egret but it's possible it will overnight in grassy areas of Montauk Village or Deep Hollow. -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA -- 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/ --
