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December 06, 1984 - The Birds of WinterPage 18 The Suffolk Times December 6, 1984 Lunch 12 - 3 • Dinner 3 -10 Planning a Christmas Party? ... Ask for Rachel 477 -0666 All Major Credit Cards Accepted • Closed Monday 9 SS NORTHFORK RESTAURANT North Rd. , Southold between Youngs Avenue & Hortons Lane The Food, Wine, and Warmth of the North Fork /Fall Schedule: Open Thurs. - Sun LUNCHEON 12 - 2:30 DINNER 5 - 9 SUNDAY DINNER 12 - 9 SUNDAY EARLY BIRD 12 - 5 Major Credit Cards DEAN BLAIKIE 765 -1010 Major Credit Cards Accepted IDI John C. 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The Birds Winter By PAUL STOUTENBURGH As winter approaches, a whole new group of birds moves into our end of the island. They are divided into two main groups: water birds and land birds. Being surrounded by water, this new movement of birds is most obvious to those who live along the shores of the Sound, the bays or the creeks. Oddsquaw ducks, those colorful bun- dles of energy that typify winter, are already well established in their win- tering grounds around here. Of all the wintering ducks, these are my favorite, for not only are they handsome and rug- ged but they have that haunting yodel- ing that gives them a special quality. Those who live along the bay waters and who visit these once -again unoc- cupied beaches on quiet days, know all too well their yodeling that carries with it that wild and free spirit of the old - squaw. They'll also notice that these ducks are on an endless energy spree, diving or flying low over the water and then dropping in with a splash to thrash about in what seems to be joyous play. On winter days when storms and winds blow, these ducks still cavort amongst the white caps. Their life depends on feeding below, so no matter what the weather be -- calm or wild -- they probe the bottom in quietness where they seek out small crustaceans, worms, small clams and other tidbits that might be found there. What must it be like down there? Their wings folded alongside their bodies, occasionally being used to propel them along where extra spurts of energy are needed, their pinkish bills probing continually until their air re- serve is gone, they finally paddle wildly to the top. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to don a wetsuit and dive below to see their feeding. - Three Species of Scoters Along with the oldsquaw in the bay come the scoters and mergansers. There are three species of scoters: the white - winged, surf and common. These are big, dark black - colored birds with small (continued on next page) BIG JAZZ FESTIVAL Every Friday Night Ali Musicians Invited. Book Now for Christmas • and Club Parties. Thursday as BUFFET $995 ALL YOU CAN EAT Make Reservations for New Year's Early Bird Specials, 5 & 7p.m. seatings COMPLETE DINNERS FROM $10.95 9 PM on for New Year Celebrating! SUNDAY BUFFET $9.95 Sunday 12 - 5 pm PLUS regular menu Fridays and Saturdays - Dining and Dancing to the New Sound of The Foursome Reserve Now for New Year's Weddings and Catering - Seating up to 180. Fridays - DINNER SPECIALS $8.95 Happy Hour 5 - 7 pm 5 - 9 pm - Specials Include: Soup or Salad Potato, Vegetable, Coffee and Dessert. FREE WED. Choice of 3 different HORS D'OEUVRES Scallop Entrees $8.95 Major Credit Cards - Reservations Suggested FRI. Choice of 4 DIFFERENT FOOTBALL SUNDAYS SHRIMP Entrees $8.95 All Bar Drinks SUN. Sauerbraten, Flounder Florentine, $1.50 at bar only Chicken Mornay $8.95 Watch the Jets e J is Broiled Marinated Salisbury Steak $5.95 & Giants WED. - SUN. Scallop Newburg $8.95 I Marinted Steaks $10.95 FALL HOURS: OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR DINNER, SUNDAY FROM 12 NOON THROUGH DINNER. Major Credit Cards - Reservations Suggested December 6, 1984 The Suffolk Times Page I19 Photo by Paul Stoutenburgh BUFFLEHEAD OR BUTTERBALL- -These chunky little black and white ducks are found mostly in our bays and creeks. Their lives are spent diving for food, which they search out on the bottom. Focus... (continued from previous page) patches of white on the wings of the white - winged and a patch of white in the back of the head of the surf scoter. The common scoter is completely dark. The white color is seen only on the male as the female and immature seem gen- erally dark. For those who have seen these birds up close, the most striking characteris- tic is the orange and white of their large and gawky bills. The colors seem almost out of place on a winter duck. We find them in the Sound, the bay and ocean, and I can remember many years ago seeing them by the thousands off Riverhead's high bluffs. In those days there must have been something that lured them there -- mussels or some other food that has since disappeared, for we only see small groups of them now. You can still see them by the thousands on certain days off Montauk Point, but even this has become less fre- quent in recent years. The scoters and oldsquaws are the sea ducks that the duck hunter shoots in the bay and the Sound. 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Actually, the true coot is a small freshwater bird that is never found in the bay or Sound, but for some reason scoters have always been refer- red to as coots by the hunters. Red-Breasted Mergansers Another winter diving duck we see is the red- breasted merganser with its long pointed bill. We usually see the relatively small females and imma- tures which are mottled brownish -grey. The male is a handsome bird with an iridescent black -green head and crest and striking black and white body. In all ducks, the females are subdued in color while the males are given the color for their later courtly display to win over the females for mating. The long - pointed bill of the merganser is equip- ped with a saw -like structure that ena- bles it to capture fish and other slippery morsels in the deep. Perhaps that is why the hunter says it tastes more like fish than duck. It is hard to believe that any of these ducks can keep warm in the frigid wat- ers of winter, yet their feather and down - insulated bodies with a coating of oil extracted from a gland on the rear of their backs keeps out the cold and lets them function perfectly no matter how low the temperature. Their only concern is when things freeze up, for when the waters freeze over, their feed- ing grounds are closed off and they have to move into open water to survive. Like all ducks, each has its own special name to the hunter and baymen. The red - breasted merganser is called the shel- drake. Another diving duck of winter found more in our bays and creeks than in the Sound and ocean is the little bufflehead or butterball. This small, black and white chunky duck can best be seen in our creeks feeding in small groups. They are fast flyers and are continually in the process of diving and bobbing up, diving and bobbing up. It seems like they spend more time under water than above. The handsome male with his iridescent black and white head and body is easily spotted among the females with their drab brownish -black color. We see them occasionally in freshwater ponds and lakes, but this is not the general rule, for here on Long Island, the bays and creeks are their calling. By now you've probably noticed black and white and various shades of black and brown are the prominent colors of most winter ducks. So it is with the golden -eye or whistler. This rather large duck with a big white eye patch is found mostly in the outer waters to the east, but as winter moves on, we'll see it more and more up bay. On calm days listen for the "whistling" wings of the golden -eye. It's another winter sound you'll never forget. All the so- called sea ducks nest to the north of us. Some go as far as the Arctic. Their winter visit to our shores is a welcome addition to the waters that seem so bleak and cold. 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