Just as a heads up for anyone interested in looking at brant on this cloudy day, I believe the interesting brant from yesterday continues at the JBWE Coast Guard Station right now. Bobby Rosetti, my dad, and I got some views of it preening and sleeping on the spit. It was still there moments ago when I left.
Michael McBrien Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2015, at 11:35 PM, <mcb...@verizon.net> wrote: > > This afternoon, while searching through brant flocks along the barrier > beaches, I came across an interested brant in the soccer field to the west of > the entrance to the Pt. Lookout parking lot. > > Several points rendered the brant distinctive from nearby Atlantic Brant, yet > the bird differed from my expectations for Black Brant. The brant's breast > was very dark (yet not black), matching the color of the mantle. The dark > coloration persisted down the breast to the legs. The brant's white flank > patch was more noticeable than adjacent Atlantic Brant, but not quite as > bright as in Black Brant I've seen. I believe this brant fits the basic > criteria for a probable Gray-bellied Brant. This specific individual is an > after hatch-year bird, as it lacks the juvenal upper wing patterning, and has > a very faint necklace. > > The entire flock was flushed moments after I first saw this bird but I > managed to get a few photos that I'll post at: > https://picasaweb.google.com/117391989476777248424/NewYorkBirds2015 > The flock flew off, out of sight towards to the bay to the north and was > unable to be relocated. > > Good birding, > Michael McBrien > East Patchogue, NY & Bristol, RI > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
