On my way to the Aquebogue P.O. I observed a "birder", standing on his car's "running board", binoculars in hand,while checking out the large goose flock on the sod farm located on the n/s of Northville Turnpike, between Doctor's Path & Route 105, Riverhead. I stopped and asked what he had seen, whereby Luis Ramos, new to N.Y., responded with "single Greater White-fronted and blue-morph Snow geese". I, in turn, said I would return (with my scope) within a 1/2 hour. Once back, after getting on the Snow Goose, I was able to find a Barnacle Goose, which was a new species for Luis ! I missed on the GWFG there, but found one in a larger flock fairly close to the e/s of Doctor's Path (opposite the apartment complex). I haven't been out in the field much lately, evidenced by these 3 geese species being the first of the season for me.
Cheers, Bob P.S. Another first today was learning of the coming rise of the $.50 stamp to $.55 on 1/27/19 - ugh ! -- 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/ --
