At about 4:45 PM, while driving home from work, I stopped to quickly detail a flock of Canada Geese at the back end of the athletic fields at Sweet Hollow Middle School in Melville. Within the flock was a single Ross's Goose.
This is very likely one of two individuals from the Amityville/Massapequa area. I can say confidently that this is not the Avon Lake/Amityville Creek bird as the bird I viewed tonight was lacking the yellow staining along the flanks and did not have a wart at the base of its upper mandible (as seen on the Avon bird). The Avon Lake bird has actually moved west to Unqua Lake as seen in some images taken by other birders yesterday. It's tough to say for sure but tonight's bird is very likely the same Ross's Goose that I came across at Berner Junior High School in Massapequa on 1/9 and has moved north. There is a lot of north/south flock movement in this part of Long Island as evidenced by past sightings and it will be interesting to see where these birds might be detected again. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
