Thanks to Derek for posting the bird's relocation here after I called him, and to Eileen for her more detailed location description. After not finding the bird at its original location (Road L), I decided to make a systematic search of likely locations to which it might have moved, starting with Road I east of the Ponquogue Bridge. After much scoping there I was about to give up and move on, but figured one last look to the east couldn't hurt. Glad I did because that's how I spotted what I was fairly sure was the bird, a good 1/4 mile off to the east near the fishing boats. I hurried over there to verify, and indeed it was the flashy female phalarope (say that 3 times fast). I didn't find too much else of note along Dune Road (as far west as Pike's Beach) with the exception of ~4500 scoter out on the ocean, viewed from Road L. All 3 species were present, with the approximate numerical breakdown being 90% Black, 8% Surf, 2% White-winged. Photos of the phalarope here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgluth_brb/sets/72157633330784465/
-- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
