With an eye on scouting for a more thorough survey of the entire Brooklyn coastline tomorrow with Doug Gochfeld and Sean Sime, I birded along the Brooklyn coast from just south of the cruise terminal in Red Hook to the Veteran's Memorial Pier between 9:30-1:30 today.
Doug had suggested we see how many Red-necked Grebes (RNGR) we could find and stated-at least half-jokingly-that 20 should be the goal. Imagine my surprise when I totaled 25 RNGR, with the bulk being a group of 20 off the 58th street pier. My previous daily high in Brooklyn is was 8. There were also 2 behind IKEA, 2 behind the Home Depot on Hamilton Avenue, and one at the foot of 32nd Street. As there are a lot of areas that are inaccessible in that area due to private businesses on the waterfront there could have been a few more. Here's to 50 tomorrow! Best regards, Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY 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/ --
