Hello everyone!!!! This morning Tim Dunn and I (Taylor Sturm) met in Montauk this warm December day for some good ol' fashioned birding. In addition to the previously reported WESTERN KINGBIRD, as reported this morning by Angus Wilson, the following highlights were observed: At 7:10 am, an absolutely spectacular looking adult male KING EIDER flew in the company of 4 surf scoter just past the breakers as viewed from the restaurant. At 9:30 am, while sea watching, 6 CAVE SWALLOWS graced us (as well as B Grover, K Thompson, D Klauber, GSB Audubon, et al.) with their presence. They came from the direction of the lighthouse and continued right to left across the restaurant down the beach. The 6 CASW were seen nearly a half hour later heading South towards the parking lots as Tim and I walked down the 4x4 path to the beach west of the restaurant. An immature ICELAND GULL was also spied during the sea watch. (also an adult ICELAND GULL was picked out on the western jetty of Lake Montauk- by a birder who's name I do not know) :( Numbers of RAZORBILLS were pretty dang good. I can't attest to other people's numbers but I observed close to 50 individuals throughout my time in Montauk (Point, Camp Hero, Gin Beach) with the greatest group being a line of 13. A MARSH WREN was present at Big Reed Pond, from which a VIRGINIA RAIL was also heard calling. The geese at Deep Hollow Ranch were seemingly homogeneously Canada. Good April (uh I mean December) birding, Taylor Sturm --
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