After leaving Belmont, Pat and I headed over to nearby St. Charles Cemetery, to see if we could re-find the Barnacle Goose. Sure enough, it was there, among the geese visible from the main entrance on Wellwood Ave.
Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ From: bounce-7646672-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-7646672-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Ken Feustel [feus...@optonline.net] Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 12:38 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose at Belmont Lake State Park (Suffolk Co.) I arrived at BLSP at 8:00AM this morning to see if the Barnacle Goose reported from St. Charles Cemetery was spending the night on Belmont Lake. I observed the Barnacle Goose on the West side of Belmont Lake at 8:15AM. Shortly after that I noticed a Cackling Goose in the mass of some 1500 Canada Geese. Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay arrived and managed to find an additional Cackling Goose. The Barnacle and Cackling Geese flew out at about 9:15AM. I have been to the park previously at 8:30AM and most of the geese had already left. If you decide to look for the geese in the morning it would be wise to get there at, or before, 8:00AM. I stopped by West End 2 after leaving BLSP. Highlights included eight Red Knot with the Black-bellied Plovers at the TR Nature Center, an immature Snow Goose feeding with the Canada Geese along the parkway, and a Short-eared Owl in the dunes east of the swale. Ken Feustel ________________________________ Think green before you print this email. -- 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/ --
