I went looking yesterday, 01/04/10 between 11:00 am and 1:00 p.m. with no luck, but was treated to a 2cd winter Iceland Gull.
Anne Purcell Staten Island, NY On Jan 5, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Jason Pietrzak wrote: > I also made an attempt on the Mew today, and also turned up empty. I > went to Gravesend around 10-1130 testing out the high tide theory. I > missed the Purple Sandpipers but got the Common Goldeneye (and maybe > saw a small flock in the distance), a lone Bonaparte's Gull, a lone > Greater Scaup and a couple other lone birds. > > Good birding, > > Jason Pietrzak > Bayville, NY > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:30 PM, icterus <icte...@optonline.net> wrote: > 5 Jan > > Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo, Debbie Martin and I (SY Schiff) went > looking for the Mew Gull without success. Our consolation birds > wwere Purple Sandpipers on the rocks and Common Goldeneye on the > water. > > Moving toward home, we stopped at the entrance to Kingsboro > Community College for the Monk Parakeets and then moved on to Spring > Creek. There we saw Cooper's and Red-tailed Hawks plus 2 circling > Killder. On the side opposite the shopping center and outlet of the > waste treatment plant (which keeps the water open) we saw a good > variety of ducks including several Canvasbacks, a Kingfisher and a > Black-crowned Night-Heron > > Cold, but good birding, SY > -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
