I went for a quick walk this morning around the various ball fields at the north end of Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan this morning to see if the small, dark goose was still around. There were no geese on the soccer fields, but I finally found the Canada Goose flock on the northeast corner of the baseball fields that are parallel to Seaman Avenue, north of Isham. The small, dark goose was there. All the times I have seen the bird over the last few days, it has been with the Canada Goose flock, but it doesn't associate closely with the rest of them. I have always found it on the edge of the flock, usually by itself. I have not seen any interaction between it and the regular Canadas, either hostilely or otherwise.
Also seen on the short walk was a sub-adult Bald Eagle flying south over the ridge and a late Lincoln's Sparrow with the Song Sparrows and juncos on the edge of the fenced-in weedy area on the north side of the soccer fields in from 218th Street. A Belted Kingfisher was heard calling over the bay Joe DiCostanzo www.greatgullisland.org -- 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/ --
