Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking for target birds this morning (Jan 4), first stopping at the upper pond at Massapequa Preserve. Unexpectantly as we entered the preserve 2 RAVEN flew over calling. A nice surprise.The 2 EURASIAN WIGEON were above the pond and below the dam in the creek. At that point the creek runs along the far side of the path and becomes obscured by the Phragmites. The wigeon came out of the creek and then disappeared back downstream..
We then went to St. Charles Cemetery where we met Pat Jones. There was a single SNOW GOOSE among the Canadas, A large flock of HORNED LARKS were on the grounds, (no longspurs noted). Splitting up, Joe and I went to Massapequa and located the REDHEAD that Pat had reported previously. While there, Pat called about our target birds at Colonial Springs Golf Course. We stopped to pick him up and headed there. The geese were gone, so we returned to St. Charles. The farthest geese flock now numbered about 300 birds. The BARNACLE GOOSE was hiding in the midst of the birds and virtually impossible to see, With patience we managed decent scope views. No White-fronted Goose. A PEREGRINE FALCON flew by while we searched, Very cold and windy, but a successful birding day. Sy -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
