[nysbirds-l] Ross’s Goose in Queens

2018-01-06 Thread Corey Finger
The Ross’s Goose continues at the north end of Baisley Pond Park. Good Birding, Corey Finger Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigu

[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Ross’s Goose in Queens

2018-01-06 Thread Timothy Healy
The Ross’s Goose was not present on the pond for the past hour or so, but Miriam and I just found it on the large ball field south of the pond across Rockaway Boulevard, which is apparently still part of the park according to maps. We got a nice vantage point from 150th Street. While I was typin

[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society of NY Program, Tuesday, January 9th, American Museum of Natural History, NYC

2018-01-06 Thread Richard Fried
On Tuesday, January 9th, the Linnaean Society of New York’s 2018 Speaker Program will feature two new presentations. 6:00 pm – Understanding and Conserving Hawaii’s Avifauna – Jacob Drucker The Hawaiian Islands are the most remote archipelago in the world. This has shaped their natural history

[nysbirds-l] Queens and Kings Co. report on a brisk day

2018-01-06 Thread Andrew Baksh
I checked several known fresh water spots in South East Queens this morning finding all them either frozen over or almost frozen. Just for anyone interested in the spots, here is a summary: Springfield Park - Frozen Over Idlewild Preserve - Frozen Over Brookville Park - the pond is almost froze

[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted Goose - Alley Pond Park, Queens

2018-01-06 Thread Jeffrey Ritter
Found this afternoon by Eric Miller in the pond by Douglaston Parkway and the L.I.E. The bird was still on the pond with many Canadas when we left at 4PM. Other notable species include Redhead, Lesser Scaup and Rusty Blackbird. Jeff Ritter Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://ww

[nysbirds-l] dune road

2018-01-06 Thread leormand .
This afternoon I drove the length of Dune road and spent a little time at the inlet. It was dead low tide at the inlet and there were a lot of ducks feeding and getting out of the wind on the western side. Most appeared to be red-breasted mergansers, but there were also surf scoters, black scoter