About an hour ago (ca. 8:40), I found a male Eurasian Wigeon in Setauket Harbor, in the narrow southeastern cove bordered by Shore Road and Van Brunt Manor Road. This is likely a returning bird, seen at this site in recent winters. I have just seen Andrew Baksh's forwarded report of Gary Strauss's observation of this species at the Setauket Mill Pond. It is surely the same bird. I checked the Mill Pond at 8:20, and found no wigeons there. So I suggest checking both sites if you look for this bird.
Doug Futuyma Stony Brook -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
