[nysbirds-l] 4/14-Brooklyn/Queens- Gannet show etc.
There was an impressive Gannet show in Rockaway Inlet/Lower New York Bay this morning shortly after sunrise. Between ~6:45 AM and 7:20 AM (from Coney Island Pier) I tallied 1,617 Northern Gannets flying into the bay from off the ocean off of Breezy Point. The roughly east-->west flight brought the Gannets towards Staten Island mostly in groups of between 3-20 before they started milling around in the bay. In Gravesend Bay there were at least 32 Red-throated Loons (as viewed from Coney Island Creek Park). At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the highlights were 2 Bank Swallows, 4 Barn Swallows, a Tricolored Heron, 2 Little Blue Herons, and 30+ Forster's Terns. Most of the 51 Horned Grebes which I counted in the bay were in either full or nearly full alternate (breeding) plumage. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 4/14-Brooklyn/Queens- Gannet show etc.
There was an impressive Gannet show in Rockaway Inlet/Lower New York Bay this morning shortly after sunrise. Between ~6:45 AM and 7:20 AM (from Coney Island Pier) I tallied 1,617 Northern Gannets flying into the bay from off the ocean off of Breezy Point. The roughly east--west flight brought the Gannets towards Staten Island mostly in groups of between 3-20 before they started milling around in the bay. In Gravesend Bay there were at least 32 Red-throated Loons (as viewed from Coney Island Creek Park). At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the highlights were 2 Bank Swallows, 4 Barn Swallows, a Tricolored Heron, 2 Little Blue Herons, and 30+ Forster's Terns. Most of the 51 Horned Grebes which I counted in the bay were in either full or nearly full alternate (breeding) plumage. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
