A first winter Black-headed Gull spent the better part of the morning feeding just west of the west jetty at Shinnecock Inlet (photo on my flickr site). Other birds present were Iceland Gull (2), and King Eider (3). West of the Ponquogue Bridge a Clapper Rail was feeding in one of the few unfrozen ditches. A Nelson’s Sparrow showed briefly in the marsh just west of Triton Lane.
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