Hi Everyone, After meeting a fellow birder checking out Massapequa Preserve - I decided to check it out too - I live 2 blocks away but haven't been there in a while. At the pond by Pittsburgh Ave, I saw a Hybrid Eurasian Wigeon, and at the pond by New Hampshire, saw a Eurasian Wigeon with some American Wigeons. I had a perfect photo ready but someone "walking" (no leash) their dogs came by and flushed the wigeons. Best place to check at the smaller "New Hampshire pond" isn't the pond itself which freezes, but rather the stream that flows around it. (usually on the west side by the woods) Last winter, there were 3 beautiful drakes and a hybrid through March but the preserve is still a reliable place if you're looking for Eurasian Wigeons.
Good birding, Rob in Massapequa http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
