A drake Eurasian Wigeon was found today at Floyd Bennett Field within a flock of 45 American Wigeon. Seen initially near the pilings at the end of Archery Road, the flock slowly headed farther west towards the Gil Hodges Bridge. However, as we were leaving all they flew back to their starting point near the pilings. If you go and you don't see any wigeons be sure to look close to the shoreline between the end of Archery Road and the bridge as they tend to feed up against the rocks.
There was also a single Red-necked Grebe in the vicinity. Good birding, Rob The City Birder Weblog -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
