Monday, 10 March, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City In a one-hour scan (with scope & binoculars, & with 5 additional observers at var. times) during the noon hour today, one species of grebe was found - but it was a (presumed first-of-this-month) Pied- billed Grebe, &
NO Red-necked Grebe was noted. The Pied-billed was resting well off the south side, which still as of 1 p.m. is where the most open water is on the reservoir, however the lead in the ice along the central dike is opening farther on to the north side & some birds are beginning to use that open water & adjacent ice. A drake & hen Red-breasted Merganser, as well as a pair of Hooded Mergansers were present, and today, 6 Wood Ducks (2 hens, 4 drakes) were seen all on the reservoir. As well, numbers of N. Shovelers may have dropped just a bit there, & Buffleheads were again in modest numbers. The gull numbers appeared about the same, & several hundred Canada Geese were around, again as yesterday. It is certainly possible that the red-necked grebe is still present at the reservoir but it was not noticed by anyone in the noon hour, so it may have moved out. As ice continues melting and waterbirds are obviously going to be moving, it should be well worth checking here, in weeks to come. good end-of-winter birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- 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/ --
