For those interested the Townsend's Solitaire is still showing in Southold on North Sea Drive. While there I had a fly over Bald Eagle (juv) which was nice and ran into fellow birders Arie, Bob and Jacqueline P.
Prior to seeing the Solitaire I had completely struck out on the South Fork missing Common Moorhen at Cooper's Neck, G. White-fronted at Agawam and Sandhill at Wainscott. #worstbirder Rufouses are still being seen. After the Solitaire under Arie's suggestion a Virginia Rail was easily viewed at Arshamomaque. So the earlier "four white geese" went out quickly because I wanted to get word out ASAP in case there were other birders in the area. Arie and Bob were able to meet me at Alvah Lane in Cutchogue to view what are FOUR Ross's Geese just before they flew off, which luckily was just to the other side of the road where they were more easily viewed and their size, bill and headshape better observed (with sun to our backs, them being closer and more even terrain). There were no other species to count but there was a fascinating Canada hybrid with the body of a canada, orange legs and a white head. Attempts to digiscope resulted in a dead battery. Birds were still coming in as we left. As this was the only location for the entire day with any bit of species diversity, it deserves more investigation. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
