I spotted one Eurasian Widgeon at the Massapequa Reservoir (the pond next to the LIRR station) and fourteen American Widgeon at the first pond north of the reservoir, along with first of season Carolina Wren, Northern Cardinal, Great Egret and others.
At the Massapequa Reservoir and the two ponds north of it yesterday: Canada Goose 16 Mute Swan 8 Gadwall 11 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 14 Mallard 17 Green-winged Teal 1 Lesser Scaup 6 Hooded Merganser 2 Ruddy Duck 3 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Egret 1 American Coot 4 Ring-billed Gull 35 Herring Gull 5 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 2 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 4 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 5 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 1 House Sparrow 2 I spotted some first of the season birds for me and not yet posted to this list-serve or ebird, American Oystercatcher and Tree Swallow. Both were at the West Pond Today at Jamaica Bay NWR, mostly at the West Pond: Brant 100 Canada Goose 40 Mute Swan 20 Gadwall 8 American Black Duck 10 Mallard 17 Northern Shoveler 12 Northern Pintail 2 Green-winged Teal 2 Greater Scaup 20 Lesser Scaup 3 Greater/Lesser Scaup 100 Bufflehead 5 Hooded Merganser 4 Ruddy Duck 400 Double-crested Cormorant 2 American Coot 2 American Oystercatcher 1 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 4 Great Black-backed Gull 2 gull sp. 50 American Crow 1 Fish Crow 4 Tree Swallow 6 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 2 Northern Mockingbird 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 3 House Sparrow 2 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
