List from Alexis
Hi Peter:
Dan had a veterinary emergency and couldn't lead the walk today, but four of us went off on our own, and then, of course, you saw Linda and I on the boardwalk after the Murre and Razorbill sightings.
| American Coot |
| American Crow |
| American Wigeon |
| Black Scoter |
| Brant |
| Bufflehead |
| Canada Goose |
| Common Loon |
| Common Merganser |
| Double-Crested Cormorant |
| Great Black-Backed Gull |
| Herring Gull |
| Horned Grebe |
| House Sparrow |
| Lesser Scaup |
| Long-Tailed Duck |
| Mallard |
| Northern Mockingbird |
| Purple Sandpiper |
| Razorbill |
| Red-Breasted Merganser |
| Red-Throated Loon |
| Ring-Billed Gull |
| Rock Pigeon |
| Surf Scoter |
| Thick-Billed Murre |
American Black Duck
Hope you got a chance to see the Murre.
All the best,
Alexis
photo on Facebook of Thick billed Nurre https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=441708079358219&set=gm.1045612625461542&type=3
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| Thick billed Murre at Norton Point, photo by Rob Bate |
Linda Ewing made a remarkable discovery off the beach at Coney Island today - Thick-billed Murre!!! Luckily Josh Malbin was close at hand to help with the unusual identification (not the kind of tweet you want to send out if you're not 100% sure). The bird was working it's way slowly from east to west giving all the early chasers good views, before finally fading out of scoping distance as it went past Norton Point at the west end of the island. A good number of birders later made the trek out to the point where they were treated to close views of the Thick-billed Murrre.
While we were on the Murre, Josh was able to spot another alcid flying to the west. We were able to get on this bird which turned out to be a Razorbill and a second Razorbill was spotted in the same general area off Norton's Point, an area which is turning out to be a real birding hotspot.
