On Thursday afternoon, between ~ 4 to 5:30 PM, I birded Dune Rd in Quogue, starting at the Post La. Bridge and ending at Shinnicock Inlet, Hampton Bays. Early into the drive, 3 Greater Yellowlegs were found resting/preening in shallow water on the n/s of the road. Nothing notable was seen until arriving at the inlet, where ~ 2/3 of its length held a skein of ducks, consisting of ~ 100 C.Eiders, ~ 100 Black Scoters, and a lone pair of Red-breasted Mergansers. The same round numbers of COEI and BLSC were also seen in Shinnicock Bay, just north of, and west of, the inlet. It was in these last locations where an immature male King Eider, and 6 Surf Scoters were seen.
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