Not my idea of a post-worthy bird, but I've seen where birders do chase it (and post YES if they get it). There is a pair of Blue-winged Teal on Alley Creek at the Alley Pond Environmental Center in Queens. They were posing pretty for pictures in the afternoon light, off the observation platform. That was until an approaching noisy family scared them downstream (to the south). Tide was low, which is an important consideration at this site (use Willet's or King's Point table). And that goes for fiddler crabs too, which were making an appearance. Now that's a FOS!
Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
