There are now 6 EURASIAN WIGEON on the pond at West Sayville Golf Course. 3 drakes and 3 hens. My earlier suspicion of more than 1 hen wouldn't rest so I returned to the site at 2:40.
The birds were much easier to detail this time around as they were spread out on the pond, rather than a tight knit herd on the grasses. Michael McBrien and I noted 3 hen Eurasian Wigeons at this location on 1/1/13, along with 1 continuing drake. So it is apparent that these birds are all continuing with the recent addition of 2 drakes. http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/39025168@N07/ Best, Derek Rogers Sayville Begin forwarded message: > From: Derek Rogers <[email protected]> > Date: January 20, 2013, 9:24:59 AM EST > To: NY Bird List List <[email protected]> > Subject: 4 Eurasian Wigeon, West Sayville Golf Course (Suffolk) > Out and about doing dome waterfowl counts I just had 4 EURASIAN WIGEONS on > the main pond at West Sayville Golf Course. > > 3 drakes and at least 1 hen. The birds stacked up densely while foraging on > the grass, which made the hen search a bit more difficult. > > http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/39025168@N07/ > > Best, > > Derek Rogers > Sayville -- 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/ --
