Shortly after noon today, the Ross's Goose was being observed in a small (about 75) flock of Canada Geese at Heckscher State Park (Suffolk). It was seen just off the main loop road and north of the field 6 parking lot. Right about here: 40.702082,-73.17019
Since it only took 5 minutes to find the Ross's, I headed over to the Farmingdale area to look for the Barnacle Goose. After first checking the New Montefiore, St Charles, and Beth Moses Cemeteries (no sign of life in any of these), I found the Barnacle Goose where it had last been reported. It was in a huge flock of Canada Geese in the southeast corner of Wellwood Ave and Long Island Ave., just south of the LIRR tracks. Right about here: 40.744851, -73.398505 Not sure if this cemetery property or golf course property. I actually stopped the car right on Long Island Ave as traffic was light, but then drove north across the tracks and immediately pulled into Pinelawn Cemetery, where I picked up the goose again from the southern-most lane in the cemetery. The Canada Goose flock was well over 1000. Having seen the Tufted Duck yesterday at Blydenburgh CP (Suffolk), it made for a nice weekend of waterfowl. Thanks to all who posted detailed locations for these birds!! Glenn Quinn Hauppauge, NY -- 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/ --
