Sounds like quite a spectacle that I missed out on. I was leaving (arms tired
and compact flash card full from photographing mergansers) as Corey was
arriving. I tried planting a seed in his head to count them on the West Pond,
as it seemed that something was out of the ordinary. Many of the
I hit up Jamaica Bay's West Pond today shortly before sunset and met Jeff
Ritter
on his way out and managed to convince him to turn around and watch the ducks
fly into the pond to roost for the evening. We enjoyed the show until 6 PM
when
most of the Red-breasted Mergansers and Greater
Two turkey vultures, circling, and north, between the Westhampton
Beach and Quogue/East Quogue exits of Sunrise Highway, Suffolk
County, in the late afternoon.
Eileen Schwinn
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I have put a photo of the hybrid duck Jay found this morning at
https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Birds2011#5583354667553091330.
The photo shows the bird in close comparison with a male Ring-necked Duck. The
fainter, but present, ring on the bill and white shoulder mark, nearly
Hi All, I gave an Eastern Long Island Audubon Walk from Montauk to
East Hampton today. On our last stop at Main Beach,[south Main St.], East
Hampton we had an Eared Grebe directly out from the parking lot in breakers
some 25 yards from shore. It gave all of us multiple looks. We had just
i observed an an adult northern goshawk migrating northward in today's SW winds above Marist College in Poughkeepsie, dutchess county, ny. JPA John Askildsen Millbrook, New York
Shortly before dusk this evening, Patricia Lindsay and I observed an apparent
hybrid Tufted Duck x scaup hybrid drake with a small group of Lesser Scaup at
Massapequa Lake, Nassau County, LI.
The bird showed a top-knot, like an exaggerated version of a Lesser Scaup's
hind-crown notch; much
The drake Barrow's Goldeneye at Jamaica Bay was seen again today.
It was West of Bench 11 in the bay at about 12:30 when I saw it , and
was fairly distant.
The bird was found earlier by Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay, and was also
seen later by Rob Jett, Heydi Lopes and participants of a Linnean
This morning an adult Black-headed Gull was roosting on the beach near
the small fisherman's parking lot at the eastern end of Jacob Riis
Park, Queens County. It then joined a group of about 50 Bonaparte's
Gulls feeding in the surf offshore. There were about 1200 gulls at
Breezy Point
While driving north on the NYS Thruway (I-87), I observed several hundred snow
geese in a flooded field adjacent to the east side of the thruway and just
north of Kingston.
Jesse Jaycox
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At about 7:50 this morning I saw a male Eurasian Wigeon at Cupsogue Beach
County Park in Suffolk County on the south shore of Long Island. If you
know the park, the bird was just north of the center of the large parking
area in the shallow water through which birders often slog at low tide
Yesterday (Friday, March 11, 2011), Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi)
saw 18 American Oystercatchers on the low islands along the bay side
starting at Captree and through Field 10. There weren't any seen from
the Coast Guard Station or at WE2.
From Captree, 4 Boat-tailed Grackles were seen.
Yesterday (Friday, March 11, 2011), Barb Saunders and I (Ardith Bondi)
saw 18 American Oystercatchers on the low islands along the bay side
starting at Captree and through Field 10. There weren't any seen from
the Coast Guard Station or at WE2.
From Captree, 4 Boat-tailed Grackles were seen.
At about 7:50 this morning I saw a male Eurasian Wigeon at Cupsogue Beach
County Park in Suffolk County on the south shore of Long Island. If you
know the park, the bird was just north of the center of the large parking
area in the shallow water through which birders often slog at low tide
While driving north on the NYS Thruway (I-87), I observed several hundred snow
geese in a flooded field adjacent to the east side of the thruway and just
north of Kingston.
Jesse Jaycox
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
Shortly before dusk this evening, Patricia Lindsay and I observed an apparent
hybrid Tufted Duck x scaup hybrid drake with a small group of Lesser Scaup at
Massapequa Lake, Nassau County, LI.
The bird showed a top-knot, like an exaggerated version of a Lesser Scaup's
hind-crown notch; much
i observed an an adult northern goshawk migrating northward in today's SW winds above Marist College in Poughkeepsie, dutchess county, ny.JPAJohn Askildsen Millbrook, New York
Hi All, I gave an Eastern Long Island Audubon Walk from Montauk to
East Hampton today. On our last stop at Main Beach,[south Main St.], East
Hampton we had an Eared Grebe directly out from the parking lot in breakers
some 25 yards from shore. It gave all of us multiple looks. We had just
I have put a photo of the hybrid duck Jay found this morning at
https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Birds2011#5583354667553091330.
The photo shows the bird in close comparison with a male Ring-necked Duck. The
fainter, but present, ring on the bill and white shoulder mark, nearly
I hit up Jamaica Bay's West Pond today shortly before sunset and met Jeff
Ritter
on his way out and managed to convince him to turn around and watch the ducks
fly into the pond to roost for the evening. We enjoyed the show until 6 PM
when
most of the Red-breasted Mergansers and Greater
Sounds like quite a spectacle that I missed out on. I was leaving (arms tired
and compact flash card full from photographing mergansers) as Corey was
arriving. I tried planting a seed in his head to count them on the West Pond,
as it seemed that something was out of the ordinary. Many of the
The drake Barrow's Goldeneye at Jamaica Bay was seen again today.
It was West of Bench 11 in the bay at about 12:30 when I saw it , and
was fairly distant.
The bird was found earlier by Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay, and was also
seen later by Rob Jett, Heydi Lopes and participants of a Linnean
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