Note: Just two reports today, but the same species many miles apart.
From Frank Mantlik:
07/21/14 - Milford, Milford Point -- 1 male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
(swimming off nesting bar), at least 2000 Semipalmated Sandpipers on
marsh mudflats behind CAS Coastal Center as tide falling.
From Hank Golet:
07/21/14 - ld Lyme, Great Island -- male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. As I
was kayaking around the south tip of Great Island I saw the birds head
above the grass at the edge of the bank . When I got closer it went
into the water and swam out a ways. When I came back by an hour later
it was out a hundred feet diving/feeding.
Note: Just two reports today, but the same species many miles apart.
From Frank Mantlik:
07/21/14 - Milford, Milford Point -- 1 male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
(swimming off nesting bar), at least 2000 Semipalmated Sandpipers on
marsh mudflats behind CAS Coastal Center as tide falling.
From Hank Golet:
07/21/14 - ld Lyme, Great Island -- male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. As I
was kayaking around the south tip of Great Island I saw the birds head
above the grass at the edge of the bank . When I got closer it went
into the water and swam out a ways. When I came back by an hour later
it was out a hundred feet diving/feeding.