No sign of the bird at other locations, but as a small consolation there was an adult Red-necked Grebe off of Valley Grove on Eaton's Neck. Coordinates are 40° 56.152', -73° 24.185'
Brent Bomkamp Northport, NY On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Brent Bomkamp <bbomk...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 8:30 I located an adult Pacific Loon at Hobart Beach on Eaton's Neck. > I initially found it on Huntington Bay, which is the body of water on the > west side of the peninsula. It was a few hundred feet offshore, north of > the red lifeguard building. Coordinates for Hobart are 40° 55.669', -73° > 24.176' > > Unfortunately, the bird flew off after a few minutes of observation in the > direction of Connecticut. It did not land before it disappeared due to > heat distortion, but I am going to check some locations to the north to see > if I can relocate it. If others plan on searching, it appeared to be an > adult and had diffuse but noticeable "chin-strap." > > Good Birding, > Brent Bomkamp > Northport, NY > -- 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/ --
