Hi Everyone, Today I started out at Jones Beach West End - I saw about 10 Horned Larks on the road, at the Coast Guard Station there were Long Tailed Ducks, Black Ducks, Mallard, Common and Red Throated Loons, Brant, Horned Grebe and a female Common Goldeneye. I came back in the afternoon and also found about 10 Sanderlings at the spit and 2 Great Comorants by the commercial fishing lot. I searched in vain for the Northern Shrike.
Drove up to Sands Point to look for the reported Barrow's Goldeneye and Red Necked Grebe - total waste of time. Lake Capri in West Islip had 3 drake and 2 female Redheads (North side) I tried looking for the Gyrfalcon by Gilgo Beach, but no luck - I did find a Pergerine Falcon and Harrier. Point Lookout - not much going on - probably because of the dredging I figured I'd try my luck back home at the Massapequa Preserve since I haven't been there in a while - was by far the best spot of the day- highlights were: * an odd Muscovy/ Mallard? Hybrid by the bike bridge at Brady Park * Red Tailed Hawk - just caught a Green Winged Teal for dinner - sadly, it was not a quick death for the teal * Carolina Wrens and Robins were all around, also saw a Catbird * At dusk, saw a mouse hopping on the trail 10 feet in front of me - an Eastern Screech Owl swooped in and took it up to a tree. * The Hybrid and Eurasian Wigeons were all the way up by Linden Street. Also saw a fox in the nearby tall marsh grass. Good birding, Rob in Massapequa http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/ (sorry for the delay - will post pics later in 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/ --
