A brief stop mid-day at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay yielded a nice assortment of lingering waterfowl. All were viewed from the Big John's Pond Overlook.
Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal (over 40 along phrags on eastern shore) Greater Scaup (female) Northern Shoveler (6) Gadwall Ruddy Duck (over 300 still) Other notable species were Forster's Tern and Glossy Ibis. Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, 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/ --
