There were huge numbers of all three Scoter species as well as Common Eiders at Montauk Point today, all mostly on the Sound side. My wife Tracy and I also got great looks at four or more Razorbills landing and feeding with some of the closer Eiders.
We also saw a beautiful adult Lesser Black-backed Gull among a large flock of gulls feeding on Starfish trapped on shore, also at the point. The previously mentioned Black Vulture was flying low over Camp Hero and I'm 90% sure we saw an immature Red-shouldered Hawk near Third House. Rob Bate (On a side note, the two female Harlequin Ducks I reported at Fort Tilden last week were probably immature Scoters as I do question how good a look I had and as no one else has seen two females though the lone male has been seen by many. My apologies.) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
