[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 15 January 2016

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 15, 2016
* NYNY1601.15

- Birds Mentioned

ROSS’S GOOSE+
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
WESTERN GREBE+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
RED-NECKED GREBE
NORTHERN FULMAR
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
SNOWY OWL
Red-headed Woodpecker
American Pipit
Yellow Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Dark-eyed Junco
DICKCISSEL

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44nybirdsorg

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 15,
2016 at 6:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are pelagic trip results, including NORTHERN
FULMAR and COMMON MURRE, plus WESTERN GREBE, BLACK GUILLEMOT, THICK-BILLED
MURRE, ROSS’S, BARNACLE and PINK-FOOTED GEESE, KING EIDER and BARROW’S
GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, SNOWY OWL, DICKCISSEL and LARK and
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS.

An inshore pelagic trip last Saturday aboard the Brooklyn VI from
Sheepshead Bay, sponsored by See Life Paulagics, went out about 20 miles
and encountered 13 NORTHERN FULMARS, a COMMON MURRE and 4 RAZORBILLS, 50
NORTHERN GANNETS, and 15 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES.  See Life Paulagics is
also running an offshore pelagic January 23 on the same boat.  For
information call them at 215-234-6805.

The eastern Nassau – western Suffolk County area has recently been hosting
a good variety of geese, but they have been moving about somewhat.  A
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was roosting on Miller’s Pond in Smithtown and feeding on
adjacent ballfields last weekend, but with the pond getting rather frozen
it has apparently relocated elsewhere.

Two separate ROSS’S GEESE have also been present – one using Avon Lake and
the adjoining creek and yards in Amityville last weekend was present at the
same time that one was found Saturday in Massapequa at the Berner Middle
School.  The second bird was later seen on Unqua Lake and Elda Lake and by
Wednesday was visiting the Sweet Hollow Middle School in Melville.
Thursday found one in the early morning on Belmont Lake State Park and
later off Pinelawn Road south of Route 495.

A BARNACLE GOOSE was similarly nomadic, first being noted on the North
Babylon High School fields Sunday and then Monday seen at Elda Lake as
viewed from Phelps Lane Park south of the high school.  Today one was the
Tung Ting Pond in Centerport before flying off.

At a couple of the above mentioned sites 1 or 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
were also present, including 2 Thursday and today at Belmont Lake State
Park, two off Pinelawn Road Thursday, and 1 at Babylon High School Sunday.

Further east a BARNACLE GOOSE was present Saturday with CANADAS along the
south side of Oregon Road east of Alvah’s Lane in Cutchogue, and close to
200 AMERICAN PIPITS were in the same field.

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE included one on Lake Ronkonkoma Saturday and
one or more continuing in East Hampton either along Further Lane or at Hook
Pond, the latter site still also hosting 2 TUNDRA SWANS.

Some CACKLING GEESE have also been noted, including the 2 remaining at
Flushing Meadow Park well into this week.

Featured Ducks included the drake KING EIDER still along the south side of
Montauk Point, where 1 or 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS have also been, and the female
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE seen again Saturday off northeastern Staten Island.

A EURASIAN WIGEON was still on the east pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Tuesday, another at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Thursday.

Alcids at Montauk last Saturday, besides a decent number of RAZORBILLS,
included a fly-by BLACK GUILLEMOT at the Point and a fly-by THICK-BILLED
MURRE at Culloden Point along the north shore west of the point.  Some
RED-NECKED GREBES are also in that area.

The WESTERN GREBE off Piermont Pier was enjoyed by many up to last Saturday
but not thereafter.

A recent SNOWY OWL influx has included sightings in Brooklyn at Floyd
Bennett Field today and Plumb Beach yesterday, Shinnecock Wednesday and
Napeague Tuesday.  Please give these Owls plenty of room while they roost
during the day - do not push them around.

A sea watch off Robert Moses State 

[nysbirds-l] No Barnacle Goose -Northport

[Eileen Schwinn]

We were unable to relocate the earlier reported Barnacle Goose on either pond 
near E. Main St. and Centershore Rd.
Eileen Schwinn
Mike Higgiston 

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Audubon Lecture, Tues. Jan. 19, Red Knots!

[Lynne Hertzog]

*THE NARROW EDGE: A TINY BIRD, AN ANCIENT CRAB, AND AN EPIC JOURNEY*

*A Free Lecture by Deborah Cramer*

*Tuesday, January 19, 6:30pm *

*The Central Park 4-D Theater; Enter at Fifth Avenue at 64th Street*

*Please Note: Capacity at this theater is limited to the first 75 guests on
a first-come, first-seated basis*.

Each year red knots undertake a near miraculous 19,000-mile journey from
one end of the earth to the other and back. In her book The Narrow Edge,
Deborah Cramer accompanies them on their extraordinary odyssey along the
length of two continents, tracking birds from remote Tierra del Fuego to
the icy Arctic. Join her on the journey, and learn what’s at stake: for
shorebirds, for horseshoe crabs, and for us all.

Free and open to the public. This series has been made possible by the
support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch.

PLEASE NOTE: THE NYC AUDUBON LECTURE SERIES HAS MOVED! OUR NEW VENUE IS THE
CENTRAL PARK ZOO 4-D THEATER, JUST NORTH OF THE ARSENAL BUILDING AT FIFTH
AVENUE AND 65TH STREET. DESCEND THE USUAL FLIGHT OF STEPS INTO THE PARK IN
FRONT OF THE ARSENAL AND WALK RIGHT AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING
TO REACH THE THEATER ENTRANCE.

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[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe at West Branch Reservoir

[Steven Martin]

RNGR present now at West Branch Reservoir in Carmel. Seen at 10:45 near the
intersection of Belden Rd and 301 north of the causeway. Was approximately
100 ft from the shore at the time.

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RE:[nysbirds-l] snowy owl Floyd Bennett field now

[Carole Griffiths]

From: bounce-119925923-14379...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-119925923-14379...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Ardith Bondi 
[ard...@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 8:26 AM
To: NYSBIRDS
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Re: [BIRDWG01] Western Flycatcher: two species or 
one?

 Forwarded Message 
Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Western Flycatcher: two species or one?
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 17:53:43 -0800
From: Andrew Rush 
Reply-To: Andrew Rush 
To: birdw...@listserv.ksu.edu

Hello all,

Because I am the primary author on the most recent genetic analysis of
these species (mentioned in the post by Douglas Futuyma cited by Peter
Post), I thought that I could add a little to this discussion. I
recently finished my dissertation research, most of which focused on
these two species. While it is true that the two species are admixed in
their DNA over a large part of the West, the Pacific-slope populations
west of the crest of the Sierra, Cascades, and Coast Ranges (i.e., the
Pacific Slope) remain genetically and phenotypically distinct. We know
that gene flow from interior populations to the west slope Pacific-slope
populations occurs to some extent, but it does not result in widespread
genetic mixing like it does on the east slope. So, it is a little more
complicated than two species just merging (back) into one. Pacific-slope
seems to be merging more into Cordilleran than Cordilleran is merging
into Pacific-slope. I’m not sure taxonomists will take this nuance !
  into consideration when deciding what to do with these species, but
from an evolutionary perspective, it is interesting. I will have at
least a couple of more papers on this out soon.

As soon as you cross the crest of the Pacific Slope to the east side,
you encounter mostly genetically intermediate birds with intermediate
songs or calls. There is some proportion of admixed birds in populations
all the way to the Black Hills and to northern Utah and Colorado. On the
other hand, you almost never encounter birds with intermediate songs or
calls on the west side and almost no birds are mixed in their DNA…and
these are limited to areas like Mt. Shasta in California, which is very
close to admixed populations.

So, if you have seen a Cordilleran Flycatcher in southern Colorado, New
Mexico, or Arizona, you are probably safe…in terms of listing. If your
Cordilleran Flycatcher is from Alberta, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, or the
eastern parts of the coastal states, you have a higher likelihood of
having seen an admixed bird.

One last thing in terms of identifying these species. I have not
formally analyzed the position notes yet (i.e., ‘pee-o-weet’ and
‘weet-seet’) but it seems that these change in a slightly different way
than the songs geographically. I.e., you can encounter birds whose
position note is more purely Cordilleran that has a more intermediate
song type and a more intermediate genotype.

I hope this is interesting to some of you.

Andrew Rush


> On Nov 22, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Peter Post  wrote:
>
> In light of the recent discussion on "Western Flycatcher" I thought the post 
> by evolutionary biologist and birder Douglas Futuyma, earlier today on NYS 
> Birds, might be of interest.
>
> http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=1027591=NY01=New%20York
>
> Peter
>
> Peter Post
> New York City
> pwp...@nyc.rr.com
>
>
>
>
>
> Archives: http://listserv.ksu.edu/archives/birdwg01.html

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[nysbirds-l] Flushing Meadows-Corona Park - Sparrows and Warblers

[Tim Healy]

After a bit of searching this morning I located the ragtag junco flock at 
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park behind the Queens Museum. They were working the 
area at the base of some conifers, and their interspecies guests are still with 
them. The Lark Sparrow and Clay-colored Sparrow were located with little 
difficulty, and there were at least two Pine Warblers (both fairly bright, one 
noticeably more so) flitting around. I also had a bright individual alone in 
the trees near the Unisphere about an hour beforehand, so I'm not sure whether 
it was a different bird or later joined the flock. No Cackling Geese among the 
many Canadas on the Pool of Industry, but some kept flying in so it's possible 
they are still on Meadow Lake or somewhere nearby. 

Cheers!
-Tim H


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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle and Cackling Geese - Tung Ting Pond, Centerport (Suffolk County)

[Brent Bomkamp]

This morning, both a Barnacle Goose and a Richardson's Cackling Goose were
present on Tung Ting Pond on the corner of 25A and Centershore Road.  This
is the pond that can be viewed from the Chalet Motor Inn, not the mill pond
across the street.  The Barnacle was the same individual as on Elda Lake on
the 11th, as identified by back pattern and a single disheveled looking
primary.  The bird departed with a large flock of geese to the southeast.
In the past, uncommon geese from this location have frequented Northport
High School, which is more or less in the direction they flew.

Also present on the pond was a male Northern Pintail and 28 Canvasback.

Brent Bomkamp
Northport, NY

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[nysbirds-l] No Joy- No Ross's at Elda Lake

[Eileen Schwinn]

No geese but Canada at the lake by North Babylon HS.
Eileen Schwinn
Mike Higgiston 

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[nysbirds-l] Birding travelog 14 Jan time update

[syschiff]

Time is wrong at the shawangunks. We got there at 3:30 not 4:30 and the birds 
at 3:50 

Sy


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[nysbirds-l] Geese

[Michael Higgiston]

2 greater white fronted geese are present at Belmont Lake SP.  no joy on Ross 
goose
Mike Higgiston
Eileen Schwinn
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[nysbirds-l] Birding travelog 14 Jan time update

[syschiff]

Time is wrong at the shawangunks. We got there at 3:30 not 4:30 and the birds 
at 3:50 

Sy


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[nysbirds-l] Geese

[Michael Higgiston]

2 greater white fronted geese are present at Belmont Lake SP.  no joy on Ross 
goose
Mike Higgiston
Eileen Schwinn
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[nysbirds-l] No Joy- No Ross's at Elda Lake

[Eileen Schwinn]

No geese but Canada at the lake by North Babylon HS.
Eileen Schwinn
Mike Higgiston 

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RE:[nysbirds-l] snowy owl Floyd Bennett field now

[Carole Griffiths]

From: bounce-119925923-14379...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-119925923-14379...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Ardith Bondi 
[ard...@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 8:26 AM
To: NYSBIRDS
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: Re: [BIRDWG01] Western Flycatcher: two species or 
one?

 Forwarded Message 
Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Western Flycatcher: two species or one?
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 17:53:43 -0800
From: Andrew Rush 
Reply-To: Andrew Rush 
To: birdw...@listserv.ksu.edu

Hello all,

Because I am the primary author on the most recent genetic analysis of
these species (mentioned in the post by Douglas Futuyma cited by Peter
Post), I thought that I could add a little to this discussion. I
recently finished my dissertation research, most of which focused on
these two species. While it is true that the two species are admixed in
their DNA over a large part of the West, the Pacific-slope populations
west of the crest of the Sierra, Cascades, and Coast Ranges (i.e., the
Pacific Slope) remain genetically and phenotypically distinct. We know
that gene flow from interior populations to the west slope Pacific-slope
populations occurs to some extent, but it does not result in widespread
genetic mixing like it does on the east slope. So, it is a little more
complicated than two species just merging (back) into one. Pacific-slope
seems to be merging more into Cordilleran than Cordilleran is merging
into Pacific-slope. I’m not sure taxonomists will take this nuance !
  into consideration when deciding what to do with these species, but
from an evolutionary perspective, it is interesting. I will have at
least a couple of more papers on this out soon.

As soon as you cross the crest of the Pacific Slope to the east side,
you encounter mostly genetically intermediate birds with intermediate
songs or calls. There is some proportion of admixed birds in populations
all the way to the Black Hills and to northern Utah and Colorado. On the
other hand, you almost never encounter birds with intermediate songs or
calls on the west side and almost no birds are mixed in their DNA…and
these are limited to areas like Mt. Shasta in California, which is very
close to admixed populations.

So, if you have seen a Cordilleran Flycatcher in southern Colorado, New
Mexico, or Arizona, you are probably safe…in terms of listing. If your
Cordilleran Flycatcher is from Alberta, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, or the
eastern parts of the coastal states, you have a higher likelihood of
having seen an admixed bird.

One last thing in terms of identifying these species. I have not
formally analyzed the position notes yet (i.e., ‘pee-o-weet’ and
‘weet-seet’) but it seems that these change in a slightly different way
than the songs geographically. I.e., you can encounter birds whose
position note is more purely Cordilleran that has a more intermediate
song type and a more intermediate genotype.

I hope this is interesting to some of you.

Andrew Rush


> On Nov 22, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Peter Post  wrote:
>
> In light of the recent discussion on "Western Flycatcher" I thought the post 
> by evolutionary biologist and birder Douglas Futuyma, earlier today on NYS 
> Birds, might be of interest.
>
> http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=1027591=NY01=New%20York
>
> Peter
>
> Peter Post
> New York City
> pwp...@nyc.rr.com
>
>
>
>
>
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[nysbirds-l] Barnacle and Cackling Geese - Tung Ting Pond, Centerport (Suffolk County)

[Brent Bomkamp]

This morning, both a Barnacle Goose and a Richardson's Cackling Goose were
present on Tung Ting Pond on the corner of 25A and Centershore Road.  This
is the pond that can be viewed from the Chalet Motor Inn, not the mill pond
across the street.  The Barnacle was the same individual as on Elda Lake on
the 11th, as identified by back pattern and a single disheveled looking
primary.  The bird departed with a large flock of geese to the southeast.
In the past, uncommon geese from this location have frequented Northport
High School, which is more or less in the direction they flew.

Also present on the pond was a male Northern Pintail and 28 Canvasback.

Brent Bomkamp
Northport, NY

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[nysbirds-l] Flushing Meadows-Corona Park - Sparrows and Warblers

[Tim Healy]

After a bit of searching this morning I located the ragtag junco flock at 
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park behind the Queens Museum. They were working the 
area at the base of some conifers, and their interspecies guests are still with 
them. The Lark Sparrow and Clay-colored Sparrow were located with little 
difficulty, and there were at least two Pine Warblers (both fairly bright, one 
noticeably more so) flitting around. I also had a bright individual alone in 
the trees near the Unisphere about an hour beforehand, so I'm not sure whether 
it was a different bird or later joined the flock. No Cackling Geese among the 
many Canadas on the Pool of Industry, but some kept flying in so it's possible 
they are still on Meadow Lake or somewhere nearby. 

Cheers!
-Tim H


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[nysbirds-l] No Barnacle Goose -Northport

[Eileen Schwinn]

We were unable to relocate the earlier reported Barnacle Goose on either pond 
near E. Main St. and Centershore Rd.
Eileen Schwinn
Mike Higgiston 

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[nysbirds-l] Red-necked Grebe at West Branch Reservoir

[Steven Martin]

RNGR present now at West Branch Reservoir in Carmel. Seen at 10:45 near the
intersection of Belden Rd and 301 north of the causeway. Was approximately
100 ft from the shore at the time.

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Audubon Lecture, Tues. Jan. 19, Red Knots!

[Lynne Hertzog]

*THE NARROW EDGE: A TINY BIRD, AN ANCIENT CRAB, AND AN EPIC JOURNEY*

*A Free Lecture by Deborah Cramer*

*Tuesday, January 19, 6:30pm *

*The Central Park 4-D Theater; Enter at Fifth Avenue at 64th Street*

*Please Note: Capacity at this theater is limited to the first 75 guests on
a first-come, first-seated basis*.

Each year red knots undertake a near miraculous 19,000-mile journey from
one end of the earth to the other and back. In her book The Narrow Edge,
Deborah Cramer accompanies them on their extraordinary odyssey along the
length of two continents, tracking birds from remote Tierra del Fuego to
the icy Arctic. Join her on the journey, and learn what’s at stake: for
shorebirds, for horseshoe crabs, and for us all.

Free and open to the public. This series has been made possible by the
support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch.

PLEASE NOTE: THE NYC AUDUBON LECTURE SERIES HAS MOVED! OUR NEW VENUE IS THE
CENTRAL PARK ZOO 4-D THEATER, JUST NORTH OF THE ARSENAL BUILDING AT FIFTH
AVENUE AND 65TH STREET. DESCEND THE USUAL FLIGHT OF STEPS INTO THE PARK IN
FRONT OF THE ARSENAL AND WALK RIGHT AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING
TO REACH THE THEATER ENTRANCE.

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 15 January 2016

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 15, 2016
* NYNY1601.15

- Birds Mentioned

ROSS’S GOOSE+
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
WESTERN GREBE+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
RED-NECKED GREBE
NORTHERN FULMAR
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
SNOWY OWL
Red-headed Woodpecker
American Pipit
Yellow Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Dark-eyed Junco
DICKCISSEL

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44nybirdsorg

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 15,
2016 at 6:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are pelagic trip results, including NORTHERN
FULMAR and COMMON MURRE, plus WESTERN GREBE, BLACK GUILLEMOT, THICK-BILLED
MURRE, ROSS’S, BARNACLE and PINK-FOOTED GEESE, KING EIDER and BARROW’S
GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, SNOWY OWL, DICKCISSEL and LARK and
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS.

An inshore pelagic trip last Saturday aboard the Brooklyn VI from
Sheepshead Bay, sponsored by See Life Paulagics, went out about 20 miles
and encountered 13 NORTHERN FULMARS, a COMMON MURRE and 4 RAZORBILLS, 50
NORTHERN GANNETS, and 15 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES.  See Life Paulagics is
also running an offshore pelagic January 23 on the same boat.  For
information call them at 215-234-6805.

The eastern Nassau – western Suffolk County area has recently been hosting
a good variety of geese, but they have been moving about somewhat.  A
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was roosting on Miller’s Pond in Smithtown and feeding on
adjacent ballfields last weekend, but with the pond getting rather frozen
it has apparently relocated elsewhere.

Two separate ROSS’S GEESE have also been present – one using Avon Lake and
the adjoining creek and yards in Amityville last weekend was present at the
same time that one was found Saturday in Massapequa at the Berner Middle
School.  The second bird was later seen on Unqua Lake and Elda Lake and by
Wednesday was visiting the Sweet Hollow Middle School in Melville.
Thursday found one in the early morning on Belmont Lake State Park and
later off Pinelawn Road south of Route 495.

A BARNACLE GOOSE was similarly nomadic, first being noted on the North
Babylon High School fields Sunday and then Monday seen at Elda Lake as
viewed from Phelps Lane Park south of the high school.  Today one was the
Tung Ting Pond in Centerport before flying off.

At a couple of the above mentioned sites 1 or 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
were also present, including 2 Thursday and today at Belmont Lake State
Park, two off Pinelawn Road Thursday, and 1 at Babylon High School Sunday.

Further east a BARNACLE GOOSE was present Saturday with CANADAS along the
south side of Oregon Road east of Alvah’s Lane in Cutchogue, and close to
200 AMERICAN PIPITS were in the same field.

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE included one on Lake Ronkonkoma Saturday and
one or more continuing in East Hampton either along Further Lane or at Hook
Pond, the latter site still also hosting 2 TUNDRA SWANS.

Some CACKLING GEESE have also been noted, including the 2 remaining at
Flushing Meadow Park well into this week.

Featured Ducks included the drake KING EIDER still along the south side of
Montauk Point, where 1 or 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS have also been, and the female
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE seen again Saturday off northeastern Staten Island.

A EURASIAN WIGEON was still on the east pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Tuesday, another at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center Thursday.

Alcids at Montauk last Saturday, besides a decent number of RAZORBILLS,
included a fly-by BLACK GUILLEMOT at the Point and a fly-by THICK-BILLED
MURRE at Culloden Point along the north shore west of the point.  Some
RED-NECKED GREBES are also in that area.

The WESTERN GREBE off Piermont Pier was enjoyed by many up to last Saturday
but not thereafter.

A recent SNOWY OWL influx has included sightings in Brooklyn at Floyd
Bennett Field today and Plumb Beach yesterday, Shinnecock Wednesday and
Napeague Tuesday.  Please give these Owls plenty of room while they roost
during the day - do not push them around.

A sea watch off Robert Moses State