The photos were taken yesterday, it's probably still there. The flock sticks around the NE corner of the island.
Anya Auerbach On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu>wrote: > Cool-looking bird! > > It or one like it seems to pop up around here about every three years or > so, at intervals just long enough that it's difficult to remember all the > details. I found this archived page and am sure I have some stuff about it > in my files: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/msg05961.html > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > > > On Mar 16, 2014, at 12:08 AM, AA Fawkes <aafaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all; > > A hybrid goose has spent the winter with the brant flock on Randall's > Island, first noted (by me, at least) in January the same day the barnacle > goose was found. It appears very similar to a dark brant, but aside from > the obvious darker coloration, particularly on the flanks, and reduced > black on the neck, there is also reduced white uppertail coverts and subtly > different head and neck shape. Brant x Cackling goose has been suggested > and seems plausible to me, although I don't know if this combination has > been ever definitively recorded. A few pictures taken today are on my > flickr page, below. Also of interest, every time I have seen it this bird > has kept to the very edge of the brant flock- the other birds don't seem > fond of it. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/elwingflight/sets/72157640157804394/ > > Anya Auerbach > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > > ------------------------------ > > The Campaign for CSI: *For College and > Community*<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/foundation/> > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
