Evidently, afternoon is the time to look for these birds. I could not find them this morning, from 8:00 to 8:45. Quite a few Canadas were in the channel south of the parking fields, and visible through shrubbery along the south side of the channel, but they seem not to have counted the Pink-footed or Barnacle among their number.
Douglas J. Futuyma Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: ROBERT ADAMO To: NY BIRDS Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle & Pink-footed Geese at Sunken Meadow S.P., Suffolk Co. Sorry for this late post. Yesterday afternoon, somewhere between 3 & 4 PM, I arrived at the eastern parking lots, to find 3/4's of the birding McBrien Family present, and the birds absent. Mom, Barbara, along with son, Michael, and daughter , Megan, were just about leaving to try another spot in the park, and said that if they found the birds they would return and let me know. Well they did/did and I got to see the above. While looking at the geese, in glorious weather and sunlight I might add, I learned that Michael is a member of the NYSYBC, as well as a member of GSBAS. Barbara went on to tell me of her "moving & shaking" after seeing the posts on NYBIRDS (on a school day) that eventually got them to SMSP-wow, I wish I had a mother like that! Before I forget, the birds were with a flock of Canada Geese in the grassy area, n/o the westmost parking lot, w/s of the entrance road, just after the bridge. Thinking back to the last time I saw these species together in Montauk, I couldn't help but wonder if this duo, could be the same birds (traveling partners if you will) that have surfaced locally again? Is this too much of a stretch-you never know! Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
