Rob Jett just called to report that he and Heydi Lopes have just found a Thick-billed Murre in Dead Horse Bay.
It is behind the usual massive flock of Greater Scaup (which includes at least one Canvasback that they just found). >From his description, it sounds like the Murre is roughly here: 40.582019,-73.90224 Viewed from here: 40.581579,-73.896339 If coming by car, you must park at Aviator Sports Parking Lot (across Flatbush Avenue, in Floyd Bennett Field), and walk south. I suppose that alternatively you could park in the Brooklyn Golf Driving Range, but it is not much closer and is technically private (I think). The entrance to the Aviator Lot is here (at a traffic light): 40.590335,-73.900652 Walk down the street to the access of the trails (a bus stop is also here) here: 40.581571,-73.891704 Plugging these coordinates into Google Maps will yield a green arrow marking the locations. 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/ --
