Hello All, I walked out to Moriches Inlet early this morning with Dick Belanger. We took the bay side and saw 2 Harrier, some small flocks of sitting C. Eider and little else. At the outer jetties we found close to 40 feeding Northern Gannets. On our beach side return we encountered a few BB Plover, 4 Horned Lark and 2 Savannah,"Ipswich", Sparrow working the high tide line. As we crested the dune by the parking area a Peregrine made a long sweep of the marsh.Returning home my partner Sally met me at the door with binocular in hand.She'd been watching a 1st winter female Dicksissel at our feeding station. This bird was seen with our resident White Throats, single Fox Sparrow and House Sparrows off and on for the rest of the afternoon. Good January Birding, Carl Starace
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