The coordinates should be: 40.5877140958, -73.559679097 On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Glenn Quinn <gle...@verizon.net> wrote:
> After easily finding the Hermit Warbler at Sunken Meadow State Park and > the Loggerhead Shrike at Jones Beach, my son and I headed to Jones Beach > West End to search the pine groves near the end of the parkway for owls. > We were unsuccessful with owls but found a likely Yellow-headed Blackbird. > I was inside a grove when I heard a blackbird-like call coming from the > trees above my head. My son was outside the grove and was able to put his > binoculars on it. He observed that it was mostly black/dark with an > obvious yellow head. He also observed whitish streaks on the lower > chest/upper belly area. We went through several field guides and internet > sites to search for photos and he believes that the bird was a female type, > possibly an immature. > > At the instant I backed out of the grove, two birds took flight. All I > could see was two, black , blackbird style birds flying away from me. I > couldn't get any field marks. Just missed seeing it!! The calling sound that > I heard initially was unfamiliar to me, but reminded me of Red-winged > Blackbird. There was no way to tell which of the two birds was calling. Both > birds flew north together in the direction of the coast guard station and > disappeared from view. > The pine grove was maybe a hundred yards east of the loop at the end of the > parkway at west end. > > Coordinates: 40.5877140958, 73.559679097 > > I'll have my son write up a report to NYSARC, it will be a good exercise > for him. > > Glenn Quinn > Antonio Quinn > Hauppauge, NY > > > -- - Luke www.WildLongIsland.blogspot.com www.BirdsOfLongIsland.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
