For anyone birding eastern Suffolk, there was a large flock of American Pipits at Fresh Pond in Amagansett yesterday afternoon. We had run into a couple further west who told us there were Pipits in the parking lot at Fresh Pond. When we arrived -- no Pipits-- only a flock of Juncos. After scoping the water we prepared to leave, and suddenly noticed a loose flock of birds in the sky..Pipits! I counted 42. They landed in the detritus of phragmites and other materials piled up in the storm near the inflow into Fresh Pond.
Montauk Point had thousands of all three scoters, Common Eiders, and a few Red-throated loons. I Kittiwake and a Bonaparte's Gull were also seen. No Razorbills found. Karen Rubinstein New York/East Hampton -- 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/ --
