Responding to Derek's early afternoon posting, as I approached Ground Zero no more than a hour afterward, the sickening sight of geese lifting off and flying away greeted me. As I started to scan the flock, small sections continued to take off, most heading north, with some leaving in an easterly direction. All was "doom & gloom" until I noticed a group of 9 geese lift off and start to head north, with 8 being Canadas, while the other, a Pink-footed Goose ! This stroke of good luck bucked me up enough to give chase to all the birds I had watched leave, thinking I just might catch up with the Barnacles, and possibly even the Pink-footed ! As I headed north, this feeling intensified after finding an immature Peregrine Falcon perched in the tallest tree at the intersection of Roanoke & Reeves Aves (opposite the Riverhead/Tuccio Buffalo Farm) causing me to become more confident re: finding the aforementioned geese. Although I covered the fields bordering parts of Sound Ave, Doctor's Path, Route 105 and Northville Tpke, I never did connect with any of them.
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