Hi Dan & all,
The Pink-footed Goose was reported 2 days ago: Sunday 11/22:
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html#1258934746
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The Ash-throated Flycatcher at the N. Conduit Ave. - Cohancy St. -
Albert St. - 99 St. location in Queens County was still active as of
15 minutes before sunset - that is, thru 4 p.m. & was both feeding on
various fruits including but not limited to Virginia Creeper, & also
went after a few flying insects just like a proper flycatcher in the
late afternoon sun. An Orange-crowned Warbler, perhaps/probably the
one Dan S. mentions, was on the train-side (e.) of Cohancy later on,
along with a few sparrows & other passerines in the weeds... also seen
in the vicinity of the flycatcher were a smattering of American
Robins, up to a dozen or so, & a rather 'aggro' N. Mockingbird in the
lot to the west. There's a good amount of habitat spread around
within a few blocks so it's interesting that the flycatcher is showing
such seeming site fidelity here (so far)... I was tempted to stay &
see if it would be possible to discern a roost tree or area for the
flycatcher but the close of the day pushed me as did the increase in
local traffic: this can be a very busy stretch of road & be
especially cautious on Cohancy with many vehicles coming around at far
higher than legal street speed. Of course the cars are also coming on
& off the larger highways nearby...
As suggested by about everyone, the Ash-throated may be in low
thickets, behind fencing, in a hard-to-see spot but watching for it in
the aforementioned areas seems likely to produce with some patience.
Anyone else going to look, please continue to post sightings as this
bird is in a spot which many more birders may come to seek it -
there's at least some places to find parking on the side streets, if
not on Cohancy by the train tracks, & the site is so close to Jamaica
Bay that folks can stop there to or from, in addition to anyone using
the subway easily getting off at the Aqueduct-N. Conduit Ave. stop (on
the Far Rockaway-bound, or JFK Airport route, "A" train line) &
walking a short way west along N. Conduit to the Cohancy St. site.
If this site starts to develop into anything resembling the Patagonia-
Montauk picnic table effects I'll be surprised. The flycatcher is so
close to huge areas of great habitat, particularly the entire Jamaica
Bay complex (as well as totally off-limits JFK airport which does have
habitat away from all the traffic) and thinking reverse or "wrong-way"
movement, the great Queens parks that also have hosted many rarities
in this season such as Forest & Alley & Kissena Parks, to name 3 of
the better-known ones. Alley has hosted at least 3 vagrant
flycatchers in seasons past (I mean 3 species).
Good birding!
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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On Nov 24, 2009, at 7:09 PM, bird...@comcast.net wrote:
Today at about 12:45, Samantha Holschbach and I saw the ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER exactly where Joe Giunta described in his post today.
That was a state bird for us, as was the ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER that
flitted in the same field of view. Our thanks to the two ladies who
were at the spot, saving us lots of time searching. We had to wait
about 15 minutes for the bird to come out of hiding but then it
perched and fed in the open.
After that we checked Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and Fort Tilden
but did not see anything of note.
Yesterday around 4 PM we drove around Sunken Meadow State Park and
Kings Park High but did not see any geese at all. Has anyone else
looked for the Pink-footed Goose the last two days? Negative
reports are appreciated too.
Dan Scheiman
formerly East Meadow, NY
currently Little Rock, AR
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