Yesterday, James Knox and I had a female adult winter plumaged American avocet on the west pond. It flew in from the east and landed on the bank some time between 1-1:30 in the afternoon. Three other birder's observed it as well before taking off again whistling and carrying on. After some searching we relocated the bird on the south east corner of the west pond just before sundown. I was able to take a few low quality pictures of it before it flew off with a pair of Snowy egrets towards the Raunt. Also at that time a Ross's Goose Flew over in a skein of 75 Snow geese in a southwesterly direction. One "Blue goose" was present as well. Earlier that day we encountered a Chukar crossing College Point BLVD and 68th AVE on foot. We pulled into the Flushing Meadow Corona Park lot and searched the area looking up the adjacent streets and the park up to Industry Lake. We were unable to relocate the bird. However, as we did not find evidence of it's demise it is presumably still in the area. Was it an escape from the Qeens Zoo? A house pet? Lost inventory from a nearby Live Poultry store? Has anyone else encountered Chukar in the area? While looking for the Chukar in the park, we came across a flock of about 300 hundred Canada geese. There was a "Graylag" or domesticated Greater white-fronted goose with them and another larger mostly white domesticated hybrid species as well. -Nadir Souirgi
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