This afternoon at ~ 2:15, I found Richard Haimes checking out the goose flock along the e/s Roanoke Ave, n/o Reeves Ave, Riverhead. The size of the flock was only about 1/4 of Sunday's, and we did not find anything but Canadas at this location. We then headed east on Sound Ave and found a slightly larger flock at the "Golden Triangle", bordered by Sound Ave, Northville Turnpike and Route 105. A lone Cackling Goose was the only non-Canada in this flock.
We tried a few other locations, as we kept heading east on Sound Ave, without finding any more geese. We did however, see a Red-tail Hawk and 3 Turkey Vultures along the way. I headed for home at 3:20, while Richard was going to stop at the Grumman Grasslands on his way to West Islip. He and his son Brian, visited the Shawangunk Grasslands this past Sunday, but, while seeing both morphs of Rough-legged Hawk, missed Short-eared Owl...maybe his luck changed in Calverton ! Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
