Good evening. The Townsend Solitaire was active and visible in the afternoon. It was alert and stood often at top of pines and telephone lines. We observed it eat a juniper berry. Number of times it defecated indicated a well fed bird. Good news for its likely survival.
The Sound near the Solitaire revealed small rafts of White Winged Scoters, one Common Loon and one Red Throated Loon. We were at at Belmont Lake State Park at 10:30 AM and the Barnacle Goose was not present. Most Canada geese were gone. We saw One pair of Common Mergansers and 6 Ring Necked ducks. Coots remain. The private golf course near the cemetery had large numbers of grazing Canada Geese and one adult Ross Goose. Pines near links entrance had many Red Breasted Nuthatches. We had three in one glass in the parking lot. No Barnacle, alas, again. Cheers. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 14, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Jose G <jose.ramirez.garof...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am writing this on behalf of Mike Shanley: > > The Townsend's Solitaire has just been observed on North Sea Drive. > -- > Jose > > Staten Island > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
