I stopped at Sea Cliff about 1PM today to check for the previously reported Black Guillemot at the intersection of Cliffway and the Blvd. I did not see the Guillemot but instead a large grebe caught my eye. In my bins in back light I was thinking it was a Red-necked Grebe. When I got my scope on it I realized the bird was a WESTERN GREBE. I took a few poor digi-scoped pictures before the bird took off and flew northwest towards Sands Point. I had distant scope views of it across the bay but I lost track of the bird and couldn't relocate it. Sea Cliff and the beach at Sands Point might both be worth checking for this bird in the coming days.
Happy New Year to all! Jeff Ritter Little Neck, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
