Currently observing a bald eagle at great neck estates park. First I have seen here.
... to be continued. > On Dec 22, 2016, at 7:05 PM, Thomas Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Thursday, 22 December, 2016 - Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx (N.Y. City) > > On the Parade Grounds field adjacent to Broadway, north of about West 246 > Street, I found a Pink-footed Goose, in amongst well over 1,000 Canada Geese, > very late this afternoon - many photos were taken, from a distance! > > The goose flock here is shy, and can be spooked if approached too quickly or > too closely; if you go seeking this Pink-footed, please keep a respectful > distance (if any geese start to move off at your approach, it means you are > getting too close for them); when seen, around 3:15 thru just past 4 pm, the > Pink-footed was mostly nearer the south part of the big goose-flock, and even > though it moved more into the center of the very extensive field, this was in > keeping with general "drift" of the Canadas, as they all fed & milled about, > a very few also resting on the grass. > > These geese may (or may not) roost on the Van Cortlandt lake overnight, and > may come to feed on the Parade Ground at some point in the morning (which may > or may not be very early, based on some past goose observations at this > site). There was also a Snow Goose present that went off to the east > (perhaps to the Van Cortlandt lake), & that then came back later. > > I did not give full attention to all of this 1,000+ flock of geese, and it is > possible other species (such as Cackling or even some other), may have been > present; once the Pink-footed was suspected, most focus was on that for this > late afternoon. Andrew Baksh and many other birders will be out counting > (including this area) on Monday, 12/26, for the Bronx-Westchester CBC which > is compiled by Michael Bochnik. > > Good luck if you try, and please, please, give the geese enough space to feed > & not flush due to any birder's actions, thanks! > > Tom Fiore > Manhattan > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
