Re: [nysbirds-l] Eared Grebe at Amagansett (Suffolk Co.)
Dear NY Birders, With regards to the EARED GREBES recently found on Eastern Long Island, I have little doubt that there are actually two different individuals: the one at Ditch Plains, Montauk and the other at Amagansett. The location where Carl Starace found the Amagansett bird was the same place I found an apparent Eared Grebe on the waterfowl count in January. This bird dived within about 3 seconds of me finding it and I was unable to locate it again, but at the time I felt certain it was an Eared Grebe. (I did not put it on my waterfowl count list, however, b/c of the quick view.) Further, this location is only a few miles from where my party found an Eared Grebe on the CBC in December, so I suspect that there has been a single wandering individual that has wintered off East Hampton and Amagansett. I wonder if someone got a photo of the Montauk bird that could be compared by those of us who have seen the Amagansett bird so that we may evaluate the two-bird hypothesis. Hugh On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:53 AM, ken feustel wrote: > An *Eared Grebe *was observed Thursday afternoon with three Horned Grebes > from the end of Indian Wells Plain Highway in Amagansett. This individual is > perhaps the same bird seen by birders further east off Atlantic Avenue the > day before. This particular bird is not a well-marked individual, lacking > dark auriculars and a prominent bump over the forehead (perhaps a function > of posture). However, the bird was clearly smaller in direct comparison to > Horned Grebes, with a thinner neck and bill. We reviewed a series of photos > of Eared Grebe from Cornell University and noted photos of a number of > individuals with similar features to the bird observed yesterday afternoon. > > Ken & Sue Feustel > -- Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Eared Grebe at Amagansett (Suffolk Co.)
Dear NY Birders, With regards to the EARED GREBES recently found on Eastern Long Island, I have little doubt that there are actually two different individuals: the one at Ditch Plains, Montauk and the other at Amagansett. The location where Carl Starace found the Amagansett bird was the same place I found an apparent Eared Grebe on the waterfowl count in January. This bird dived within about 3 seconds of me finding it and I was unable to locate it again, but at the time I felt certain it was an Eared Grebe. (I did not put it on my waterfowl count list, however, b/c of the quick view.) Further, this location is only a few miles from where my party found an Eared Grebe on the CBC in December, so I suspect that there has been a single wandering individual that has wintered off East Hampton and Amagansett. I wonder if someone got a photo of the Montauk bird that could be compared by those of us who have seen the Amagansett bird so that we may evaluate the two-bird hypothesis. Hugh On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:53 AM, ken feustel feus...@optonline.net wrote: An *Eared Grebe *was observed Thursday afternoon with three Horned Grebes from the end of Indian Wells Plain Highway in Amagansett. This individual is perhaps the same bird seen by birders further east off Atlantic Avenue the day before. This particular bird is not a well-marked individual, lacking dark auriculars and a prominent bump over the forehead (perhaps a function of posture). However, the bird was clearly smaller in direct comparison to Horned Grebes, with a thinner neck and bill. We reviewed a series of photos of Eared Grebe from Cornell University and noted photos of a number of individuals with similar features to the bird observed yesterday afternoon. Ken Sue Feustel -- Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 -- 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/ --
