Hi all, The Red-necked Grebe is continuing on the reservoir near the southeast pump house. Drake Ring-necked duck is asleep on the ice next to the pump house. Two Red-breasted mergansers on the northwest side.
Anders Peltomaa Manhattan ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' – Martin Luther King, Jr. On Mar 17, 2014 3:04 PM, "Thomas Fiore" <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Monday, 17 March, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City > > At the reservoir a very short while ago, the Red-necked Grebe (in > transitioning plumage) was still present, last seen swimming from central > area towards the southeast. At the extreme southeast portion of open water, > many ducks & some geese, gulls, etc., among which a drake American Wigeon, > very possibly same individual that had been seen one day last week at the > reservoir & then moved out, also drake Ring-necked Duck. (NB, the wigeon, > when observed had its head very thoroughly tucked such that even the pate > was partially obscured). Other ducks - the number of Ruddys had doubled! > (to two now), and there were at least 5 Wood Ducks, 6 Hooded Mergansers, & > a few Buffleheads scattered around from SE part to NW & N. pumphouse; there > were as many as 80 N. Shovelers loafing on the ice edge at the SE portion; > gulls were in the mid-hundreds & most were at the n. end when I passed, I > scanned a bit & came up with no "specials" among them. > > I did not check most other areas of the park, but did pass the Meer, where > I saw little of note. > > good birding, > > Tom Fiore > Manhattan > -- > *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/ --
