[nysbirds-l] Nassau County -Common Gallinule
I saw a bird at 11am at Mill Pond in Bellemore that was Most likely the common Gallinule that Joe Landesberg found last week. The bird was not visible when I left. Mid size gray waterbird, feeding on a patch of vegetation on the surface of water. The body was wide. The neck was long and slender. The bill was thick conical, and had a down curved look to it, not duck-like. Wish I had better lighting, because I could not pick up color or pattern on the plumage because of the direct sunlight (other than a first overall gray look). The bird was eating at the surface of the water. It dove once in a 5 minute period, and resurfaced about 10 feet away, a few seconds later. Observed in middle of pond, but it was not there when I got to the pond. Not seen when I stopped by yesterday either. There was a 7am eBird report of this bird today, at this location. This bird might be coming in out of the thick pond vegetation. Good luck, Stephane Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Nassau County -Common Gallinule
I saw a bird at 11am at Mill Pond in Bellemore that was Most likely the common Gallinule that Joe Landesberg found last week. The bird was not visible when I left. Mid size gray waterbird, feeding on a patch of vegetation on the surface of water. The body was wide. The neck was long and slender. The bill was thick conical, and had a down curved look to it, not duck-like. Wish I had better lighting, because I could not pick up color or pattern on the plumage because of the direct sunlight (other than a first overall gray look). The bird was eating at the surface of the water. It dove once in a 5 minute period, and resurfaced about 10 feet away, a few seconds later. Observed in middle of pond, but it was not there when I got to the pond. Not seen when I stopped by yesterday either. There was a 7am eBird report of this bird today, at this location. This bird might be coming in out of the thick pond vegetation. Good luck, Stephane Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
