Yesterday morning, the water in Jamaica Bay was completely smooth and visibility was the best it could possibly be looking out onto the bay. >From the boat ramp parking lot at Floyd Bennett Field I was able to find the >drake Barrow's Goldeneye far out in the bay looking ENE.
Looking at an overhead map I think that it was 1.25-1.5 miles away, and a telescope is most definitely a necessity if trying for the bird from this location. Anyway, that's one place to look for it from if one doesn't want to go to the West Pond early in the morning or wait there at dusk. That said, it is also almost certainly viewable often, under similar conditions, from the western edge of the West Pond Trail at JBWR. Also in the bay were at least 3 (possibly more, as they were diving) Red-necked Grebes continuing, all well to the SE. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
