Mike Scheibel and I viewed the Ross's Goose on Merritt's Pond this morning at 7:00 AM. The bird was easily viewed from Peninsula Path.
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/39025168@N07/8426997856/ Best, Derek Rogers Sayville Begin forwarded message: > From: ROBERT ADAMO <rada...@msn.com> > Date: January 28, 2013, 1:58:43 PM EST > To: NY BIRDS <nysbirds-l@cornell.edu> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Ross's Goose & more ! > Reply-To: ROBERT ADAMO <rada...@msn.com> > > Thank you Michael & Mike ! I found your goose ~ 10 AM on the north "half" of > Merrit's Pond in Riverhead, and it was still there when I left at 11:15. Also > roosting on the ice (both "halves" are mostly iced-over) were 9 Snow Geese, 5 > being blue morphs. I was then joined by fellow ELIAS members, John McNeil & > Rosemary Valenti, who were finishing up their Middle Island to Jamesport > section of the Annual Waterfowl Census, which is sponsored by NYSOA, for the > U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service. Previously counted on one of his other > waterfowl survey sections, were ~ 600 Canvasbacks on Big Fresh Pond, > Southampton. > > Merrit's Pond is best viewed from Peninsula Path, a private, dead ended, > narrow road which runs for ~ 100 yards w/o Ostrander Ave, between Kings Dr. & > Robinson Pkwy. The pond is completely surrounded by private property, but can > be partially viewed from openings on 6 other streets. For these reasons, I > strongly recommend trying the following locations before parking on O/A and > walking into P/P. > > 1) Robinson Pkwy. > > 2) East Ave Ext. > > 3) Franklin St. > > 4) Pondview Rd. > > 5) Southern Pkwy. > > 6) Northern Pkwy. > > Cheers, > Bob > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
