I also made an attempt on the Mew today, and also turned up empty. I went to Gravesend around 10-1130 testing out the high tide theory. I missed the Purple Sandpipers but got the Common Goldeneye (and maybe saw a small flock in the distance), a lone Bonaparte's Gull, a lone Greater Scaup and a couple other lone birds.
Good birding, Jason Pietrzak Bayville, NY On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:30 PM, icterus <[email protected]> wrote: > 5 Jan > > Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo, Debbie Martin and I (SY Schiff) went looking for > the Mew Gull without success. Our consolation birds wwere Purple Sandpipers > on the rocks and Common Goldeneye on the water. > > Moving toward home, we stopped at the entrance to Kingsboro Community > College for the Monk Parakeets and then moved on to Spring Creek. There we > saw Cooper's and Red-tailed Hawks plus 2 circling Killder. On the side > opposite the shopping center and outlet of the waste treatment plant (which > keeps the water open) we saw a good variety of ducks including several > Canvasbacks, a Kingfisher and a Black-crowned Night-Heron > > Cold, but good birding, SY > -- 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/ --
