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Index of Subjects --_ae56b737-6e49-4c8c-8273-39d819b67856_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On the way to Brier Island=2C on Friday in the one pond at the end of Digby= Neck there was a pied-billed grebe. On the way home on Sunday there were = 23 greater scaup in the lake half way across Long Island. I would like to = thank all of thse who came to Brier Island and joined our bird outings on t= he weekend. I'll let Wayne post the final tally of what was observed. Som= e good birds were three black skimmers=2C which were only seen on Friday=2C= an American Golden Plover=2C a Cooper's Hawk=2C a peregrine falcon=2C manx= shearwaters=2C lots of red phalaropes=2C lots of Atlantic puffins=2C a raz= orbill=2C Baltimore orioles=2C eastern kingbirds=2C rose-breasted grosbeaks= =2C an eastern bluebird=2C and a fulmar to mention a few. There were plent= y of laughing gulls. There was a large movement of bluejays (especially on= Saturday) 352 and American goldfinches (thousands) over the whole weekend.= There appeared to have been a good hawk flight for sharp-shinned hawks on= Saturday. I had 30 at West Light on that day. =20 On Sunday morning as I left David Walmark and Suzanne Borkowski noted three= groups of broad-winged hawks=2C which totalled around 78 birds. Therefore= =2C those who stayed on the island must have had a good hawk flight. There= were hawks all along long island. We had a peregrine falcon at Freeport. = At most ocean locations at Long Island black-legged kittiwakes could be se= en. From an historical basis the cemetary at Tiverton is three quarters fi= lled with Outhouses. This was the highlight for me with a wonderful hawk f= light of 3 turkey vultures=2C 36 red-tailed hawks=2C 20 northern goshawks= =2C five American kestrels=2C a few merlins=2C five sharp-shinned hawks=2C = 90 broad-winged hawks=2C and a northern harrier. Another nice treat along = Digby Neck was a feeder with at least eight ruby-throated hummingbirds comi= ng to it. =20 =20 James R. Hirtle Bayport =20 = --_ae56b737-6e49-4c8c-8273-39d819b67856_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> On the way to Brier Island=2C on Friday in the one pond at the end of Digby= Neck there was a pied-billed grebe. =3B On the way home on Sunday ther= e were 23 greater scaup in the lake half way across Long Island. =3B I = would like to thank all of thse who came to Brier Island and joined our bir= d outings on the weekend. =3B I'll let Wayne post the final tally of wh= at was observed. =3B Some good birds were three black skimmers=2C which= were only seen on Friday=2C an American Golden Plover=2C a Cooper's Hawk= =2C a peregrine falcon=2C manx shearwaters=2C lots of red phalaropes=2C lot= s of Atlantic puffins=2C a razorbill=2C Baltimore orioles=2C eastern kingbi= rds=2C rose-breasted grosbeaks=2C an eastern bluebird=2C and a fulmar to me= ntion a few. =3B There were plenty of laughing =3Bgulls. =3B Th= ere was a =3Blarge movement of bluejays (especially on Saturday) 352 an= d American goldfinches (thousands) over the whole weekend. =3B There ap= peared to have been a good hawk flight for sharp-shinned hawks on Saturday.=  =3B I had 30 at West Light on that day.<BR>  =3B<BR> On Sunday morning as I left David Walmark and Suzanne Borkowski noted three= groups of broad-winged hawks=2C which totalled around 78 birds. =3B Th= erefore=2C those who stayed on the island must have had a good hawk flight.=  =3B There were hawks all along long island. =3B We had a peregrine= falcon at Freeport. =3B At most ocean locations at Long Island black-l= egged kittiwakes could be seen. =3B From an historical basis the cemeta= ry at Tiverton is three quarters filled with Outhouses. =3B This was th= e highlight for me with a wonderful hawk flight of 3 turkey vultures=2C 36 = red-tailed hawks=2C 20 northern goshawks=2C five American kestrels=2C a few= merlins=2C five sharp-shinned hawks=2C 90 broad-winged hawks=2C and a nort= hern harrier. =3B Another nice treat along Digby Neck was a feeder with= at least eight ruby-throated hummingbirds coming to it. =3B <BR>  =3B<BR> James R. Hirtle<BR> Bayport<BR>  =3B<BR> </body> </html>= --_ae56b737-6e49-4c8c-8273-39d819b67856_--
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