Hi Everyone, Just got back from birding Nassau's North Shore - weather sucks, but good birding - highlights:
Oyster Bay Mill Pond (9:30 am) 11 Drake Pintails with one Eurasian Wigeon Oyster Bay Sanctuary/ Oak Neck Creek (10:45am): at least 100 Canvasbacks (lots of other various ducks) Bayville (Soundside Beach Park) (10:00 am) White Wing and Surf Scoters - close to shore, only a handful of Goldeneye Also noteworthy, Cold Spring Harbor had impressive numbers of waterfowl at the mouth of the harbor: lots of American Wigeon, Gadwall, Canada Geese, Mute Swans, Brant, Buffleheads, Mallards, Hooded Mergansers, and 5 Great Blue Herons. St John's Pond, although now ice free, was practically empty except for a few Great Blue Herons, 2 Hooded Mergansers, and a Kingfisher. Hopefully will pick up later. Shouldn't complain, but couldn't find a single Redhead. Good birding, Rob in Massapequa http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/ (loading pics to my blog during the week) -- 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/ --
