Sat. and Sun. there were two Red-necked Grebes at the south end of Guy Lombardo Ave. by thefishing pier. The one at Jones Beach State park could be one of them. Steve Schellenger
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net> wrote: > Of course, it's a RED-NECKED G*R*EBE. I was going to blame it on coming > in from the cold and typing on the phone (which I hate). But since the > error occurred twice (subject line and text) and "L" is nowhere near "R" on > the keyboard, I suspect it must be "auto correct" at work. Can we get > software designers that know something about birds? > > > > Anyway, I went back in the early afternoon to take advantage of better > lighting. The glebe, I mean grebe, was by the first dock at the Coast Guard > station, around green buoy 7 (is that in for repairs or something?). After > a while, it swam out toward the outer sea wall. I do get the feeling it > could hang around a while. Very reminiscent of the one at Captree last > year. That one was very inactive much of the time, leading some to > speculate that it was ill. Seeing another one doing much of the same makes > we wonder if that's just normal behavior for Red-necked Grebes. While I > did get close pictures today, I'm not real happy with them. As I'm due for > a web site update and I was set on putting up a grebe, I have a picture > that I am happy with. http://www.stevewalternature.com/ > > > > The time in between was spent driving down the causeway and back in hopes > of running into Rough-legged Hawk. The closest I got to that was Gary > showing me his picture from yesterday. I stopped off at Cedar Beach Marina > while the lot was temporarily open. Looking out and off to the west, I saw > two falcons flying westward - a large dark one repeatedly diving at a > larger, grayer looking one. Make of that what you will. > > > > > > Steve Walter > > Bayside, NY > > > > *From:* bounce-112571336-8873...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: > bounce-112571336-8873...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Steve Walter > *Sent:* Monday, February 17, 2014 10:04 AM > *To:* post NYSBirds > *Subject:* [nysbirds-l] Red-necked Glebe at Jones > > > > Red-necked Glebe at Jones Beach in boat basin by coast guard station. > > > > SW > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Douglas Futuyma > Date:02/15/2014 7:00 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: post NYSBirds > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Shinnecock-Riverhead (Suffolk) gulls, Black Vulture, > etc. > > At Shinnecock Inlet this morning, the large number of gulls included 2 > (perhaps 3) immature Iceland Gulls and almost certainly 2 Glaucous Gulls. > Three male Boat-tailed Grackles were on Dune Road at the Ponquogue Bridge > access, displaying a little to each other. A Snowy Owl was in the marsh > west of the bridge, near the edge of the bay. West of Docker's Restaurant, > the Black-crowned Night Heron was conspicuous, but I failed to find an > American Bittern. > > The Black Vulture was atop the chimney of a house almost opposite the > church on Sound Avenue at Church Lane. No birds of note were present at the > buffalo farm on Roanoke Avenue when I stopped there. Further west, a scan > of EpCal from several points yielded nothing. On Long Island Sound, viewed > from Park Road and Hulse Landing Road, only expected species were seen. 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