Big thanks to Ken and Sue Fuestel for relocating the Ross's Goose. I arrived at Hecksher around 3:30 PM where I ran into Sue Fuestel. She immediately steered me in the right direction. The Ross's Goose was feeding with a relatively small herd of Canada Geese north of Field #4 along a roadway called Forty Foot Road, just off of the main park road. The geese were quite active in their foraging, roving back and forth around the roadway. Several birders were already on site viewing the bird. The Ross's seemed constantly on guard as it took a few "nips" from the Canada's in which it fed with. There was quite a bit of vehicle commotion along this roadway but it didn't really seem to phase the geese.
A relief to finally see this bird on the ground. http://www.flickr.com/photos/39025168@N07/ Best, Derek Rogers Sayville Begin forwarded message: > From: Ken Feustel <[email protected]> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Ross's Goose at Heckscher State Park (Suffolk Co.) > Date: February 2, 2013 2:08:03 PM EST > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Ken Feustel <[email protected]> > > > Ross's Goose being seen at HSP now, opposite entrance road to Field 6. Best > bet is to park in S/W corner of Parking Field 1 and walk the paved bike path > in a S/W direction. > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
