Among the migration activity today at Fort Tilden, Queens were some very high migrating Canada Goose flocks. Looking at one small group, I noticed one that seemed out of whack. I managed to get some pictures that I could blow up . To me, it looks like a Pink-footed Goose. A picture can be seen on the e-bird page https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S121416069 . If I'm wrong, you can correct me.
Some of the other notable results for those that like diurnal migration were 6970 Red-winged Blackbirds and 142 Purple Finches. Also a very few Pine Siskins and the first of the season Eastern Bluebirds. It may not be well known that the latter annually migrate through the western end of Long Island along the shore. 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/ --
