A female Barrow's Goldeneye was in the company of 21 Common Goldeneyes this morning in Pumpkin Channel off the West Pond trail at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (JBWR).
While there are still areas in the bay covered by ice, the water has opened up and some waterfowl remain in the area. Other waterfowl observed in Pumpkin Channel included, Horned Grebe, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser and both Greater and Lesser Scaup. Over at Big Egg Marsh, hundreds of Snow Geese are still around; nothing rare in the flock despite a careful search--the only notables were 5 Blue Morphs and 1 yellow neck banded bird. Cheers, -- 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
