NYSbirders, During seabird surveys on a NOAA ship south of Long Island yesterday, Holly Goyert and I encountered at least 107 Common Murres. The survey transects that we ran started about 24 miles off Jones Beach and stretched northeast, roughly paralleling the barrier, to about 12 miles off Sagaponack. Most of the murres were in the western area of the day's survey (south of Jones Beach); while most were encountered as singles and doubles, I did see a flock of 17 Common Murres flying together. Aside from the murre show, pelagic highlights were few; however, we did see a few Black-legged Kittiwakes, Dovekies, and a single Atlantic Puffin off the Hamptons. Cheers, Tom
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