Hi John, I thought I'd chime in on this discussion. On October 24, 2008, Tom Johnson and I had 9 Ross's Geese on the Main Pool on the Wildlife Drive of Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.
This data, and high count data for all other species recorded in the state can be found in eBird. For NY, this data can be seen here: http://ebird.org/ebird/sightings?locInfo.regionType=subnational1&listType=high_count&beginYear=1900&continuous=true&endYear=2011&locInfo.regionCode=US-NY High count data can also be found for individual counties, hotspots, or Important Bird Areas. While some historical data may be missing and not yet entered, high count data (especially for NY) is very complete and up-to-date. It is difficult to tell, but I do believe that this is likely the first record of a Blue Ross' Goose for NY. It's a spectacular find, and has been nicely documented. Good Birding, Shawn Billerman On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM, <vanh...@citlink.net> wrote: > A quick search of the Kingbird Archives turned up several records of two > Ross's Geese, one record of three RG, and a record of (5) five Ross's Geese > present at the Savannah Mucklands 11/18/06. All other records I found > indicate a single bird. If I didn't miss records, this is only the second > time that (5) birds have been present in New York. I also looked for > records of Blue-phase Ross's Geese and found none. John Haas > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
