Before heading to Sea World On Friday November 29th, we spent a few minutes looking at birds from Shelter Island. We had a good mix of gulls, many Double-crested Cormorants, several Brown Pelicans and at least 6 Surf Scoter.
On Sunday November 30th we started the day with a couple of hours at Crown Point Park and along Crown Point Drive. The park itself had 40 Brant, a mix of shorebirds including Dunlin, Western Sandpipers, Black-bellied Plover and a single Ruddy Turnstone resting on the beach, a Willet along the water's edge and a fly-by Long-billed Curlew. A group of terns had Royals and Forsters as well as a number of Black Skimmer.
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| Brant |
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| Dunlin and Western Sandpiper |
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| Black Skimmer |
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| Royal Tern |
A stop along the road looking over the salt marsh gave us close looks at Little Blue Heron, Whimbrel, Willet, Long-billed Curlew and a Cattle-Egret while a surprise Costa Hummingbird showed off his purple gorget.
We had a 90 minute stop at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR Headquarters where 1000 white geese fed in the fields and Brown and American White Pelican, gulls, American Avocet, Willet, Western Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher stood along the water edge.
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| Snow Goose |
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