The Smithtown Count was held yesterday (Sunday 12/27) and we tallied 100 species. Early efforts were hampered by a dense morning fog that slowly gave way to cloudy conditions and intermittent showers. It was also yet another day of record setting temperatures topping out at 64 degrees.Highlights of the count included:45 Snow Goose (Long Beach, Smithtown)1 Wood Duck (Blydenburgh County Park)1 Eurasian Widgeon (Setauket Mill Pond)1 Eurasian Green -winged Teal (Common Teal) (Setauket Mill Pond)54 Northern Gannet1 Clapper Rail (Mount Sinai Harbor)2 Virginia Rail (Head of the Harbor, Smithtown)4 Razorbill (Cedar Beach in Mt. Sinai, Old Field Point)2 Iceland Gull (Port Jefferson Harbor and Gibb's Pond in Nesconset)1 Glaucous Gull (Cedar Beach in Mt. Sinai)2 Barn Owl (Nissequogue River State Park and Head of the Harbor in Smithtown)1 Red-headed Woodpecker (Blydenburgh County Park, north entrance off New Mill Rd.)3 Merlin (Sunken Meadow State Park)1 Common Raven (Port Jefferson Harbor)1 Marsh Wren (Nissequogue River)4 Eastern Bluebird (Sunken Meadow State Park)1 Baltimore Oriole (Chandler Property in Mt. Sinai)1 Purple Finch (Chandler Property in Mt. Sinai)6 Pine Siskin (Sunken Meadow State Park)Rich GosticCompiler
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