Late this morning I got a report from Rockland Audubon Society members Lindsey Konkel and Scott Neabore that they had seen a presumed drake Eurasian Wigeon at Rockland Lake State Park the previous morning (16-Oct-2010). They had seen and photographed the bird in a small pond just across the road from the north parking lot (41.1499 N -73.9223 W). The Eurasian Wigeon was in the company of a mixed group of Mallard, Gadwall, and a few American Wigeon.
Five RAS members, including myself, confirmed the sighting this afternoon (17-Oct-2010) around 1 PM. At that time the bird was in the same pond as reported by Lindsey and Scott. We watched and photographed the bird for about 10 minutes. As we were leaving it took flight and appeared to be heading for the NW corner of Rockland Lake (near the fishing station, 41.1434 N -73.9261 W). A drake Eurasian Wigeon was found in almost exactly the same location on 6-Nov-2007. That bird (or the same bird?) stayed until at least 25-Dec-2007. I'll post photos on the RAS website shortly: www.rocklandaudubon.org Alan Wells -- 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/ --
