Hi Angus,
I will be leaving directly for the Pink Footed Goose which I just saw in Maine
as a Lifer this past week. Please call 716-548-0798 if there are any updates as
I will be on the road. Are the Western Kingbirds still around?
Thanks,
Jerry Lazarczyk
Grand Island NY
Exciting news!
Fo
Sorry for this late post. Yesterday afternoon, somewhere between 3 & 4 PM, I
arrived at the eastern parking lots, to find 3/4's of the birding McBrien
Family present, and the birds absent. Mom, Barbara, along with son, Michael,
and daughter , Megan, were just about leaving to try another spot in
Hi everyone,
Regarding Bob's and Angus' queries about the identities of the Pink-footed and
Barnacle Geese present now at Sunken Meadow SP, my own feeling is that the
Barnacle is likely the same bird that wintered at Sunken Meadow SP in January
2008 (two winters ago, and that the Pink-footed is
Evidently, afternoon is the time to look for these birds. I could not find
them this morning, from 8:00 to 8:45. Quite a few Canadas were in the channel
south of the parking fields, and visible through shrubbery along the south side
of the channel, but they seem not to have counted the Pink-fo
Paul Gildersleeve kindly sent me some pictures of the Sunken Meadow
goose taken yesterday and by comparing the shape and patterning of the
bill, I think we can safely say that this is a DIFFERENT individual
from the goose that spent a few days in Flushing, Queens last winter.
The Flushing bird had
Sunken Meadows State Park -
The Barnacle Goose is in the field with a flock of Canada Geese just northwest
of the main parking lot after coming over the bridge. It is best viewed by
parking in a circular drive adjacent the park office building.
Brenda Inskeep
Stamford, CT
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I've posted some photos of yesterday's Pink-footed and Barnacle Geese at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/tixbirdz/Various2009#
Shai
-Original Message-
From: Shaibal Mitra mi...@mail.csi.cuny.edu
Sent 11/4/2009 11:09:46 AM
To: NYSBIRDS NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Barnacle
Mt. Loretto 4 Nov
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) continued our quest for unusual geese (after
yesterday's Sunken Meadow trip) by journeying to Mt. Loretta on Staten I. We
made a brief detour to look for the Hummingbird, stopping for 30 minutes
without success.
We went to the small Mt. Loretta P
The Barnacle Goose was seen around 4:50 pm this afternoon in the creek
from the bridge just after the toll gates. No sign of the Pink Footed
Goose.
Andrew Baksh
Queens NY
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