I ran into Steve Nanz at Floyd Bennett Field this morning. He was
leading a trip for the BBC and told me that they spotted a Red-necked
Grebe earlier in the morning. They were at Plum Beach and the grebe
was on the bay traveling towards Sheepshead Bay. I headed back on my
bike and spotted the bird a little past 12 noon. It was at the mouth
of Sheepshead Bay, closer to Kingsborough Community College than Plum
Beach. I was on a concrete pier (of sorts) at the end of Brigham
Street. To get a closer look I rode my bike around to the Kingsborough
campus where I was stopped by security. Apparently, the college
doesn't permit bicycles on campus, even if I just walked it. How
forward thinking and conservation minded. Anyway, I tried looking for
the bird from the Menorah Nursing Home seawall, next door, but was too
far away from the eastern tip of the peninsula. Here's a link to a map:
http://tinyurl.com/yeec7pb
One other sighting of possible interest was a flock of 10 Horned Larks
at the Cricket Field in Floyd Bennett Field.
Good birding,
Rob
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