Perhaps that is why there are so many of these birds in the Accabonac Harbor area at this time. We've received numerous reports of them. Tim Sullivan had both cedar waxwings and robins in his birdbath on the west side of the harbor last Thursday. On Saturday, Terry Sullivan observed the same combination, robins and cedar waxwings, along the east Trustee road on Barcelona near its north terminus. They were taking turns drinking from a puddle.
Some species are neither nomadic, established in a given area, nor on their way south.
Most of these at this time are waterfowl. Several people have reported oldsquaw back, yet they are not back in the spots where they are usually seen. Terry Sullivan counted seven near the flock of bufflehead in Sag Harbor Cove over the weekend. Cile Downs counted several red-breasted mergansers, several common loons, and a brant off Fireplace in Gardiner's Bay last Thursday. The brant, certainly, is out of place.