This afternoon at approximately 3:30 pm, there was a extremely large movement of Alcids comprising of mostly Razorbills on the Ocean front east of the Old inlet. It was just at low tide. I started counting groups of 25 to 30 Razorbills and lost count around the 200 mark. The birds were in small groups and hunting in groups. The Razorbills would dive and then resurface in a group. This set off a frenzy with the numerous gulls present. The flotilla was drifting with the tide in an easterly direction. Not to miss out on the Feast, Red-throated Loons and Horned Grebes worked closer to shore. Their numbers were approximately 60 Red-throated loons and 40-50 Horned Grebe. Scope was necessary to adequately identify the birds.
As a toss in the previously reported Lapland Longspur was with a flock of 4 Horned Larks at the traffic Circle. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
