There are some nice puddles in a field along the west side of Dickersonville Rd, ½ mile south of Youngstown-Wilson Road, in the Town of Porter. Today, there were a few hundred CANADA GEESE there (there have been almost no large groups of geese in Porter or Wilson this spring) plus one adult WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. In addition, the RUDDY SHELDUCK that was discovered here by David Mark a couple of weeks ago, was seen. Vicki Rothman and I watched the Shelduck fly from here (a beautiful bird by the way, and striking in flight) across the road to the pens where it was raised! Should this cause anyone to question the identification of the White-fronted Goose (due to its very loose association with a known escape), rest assured that we noted the birds smaller size relative to the Canada Geese, the orange bill and white front narrowly bordered by black, as well as the black barring on the belly, orange legs, and white tail tip. The legs appeared to be unbanded but so were the Ruddy Shelducks
There were also Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, and Mallards in the puddles here. Good birding! Willie ---------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
