[nysbirds-l] LI South Shore Birds

Spent a morning birding locally around the Massapequa area. 4 redheads (3 male &1 female) Clocks Blvd., East Massapequa on canal on East side of Clocks. Eurasian wigeon North of second pond above Clark, near small dam. Hoping for a good year after a personally poor 2012. Pat Jones -- NYS

[nysbirds-l] red- head ducks

1-2-13 two red-head ducks st. johns pond cold spring harbor gary straus -- 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-arc

[nysbirds-l] Odds and Ends from the East End.

Hit a few spots between errands yesterday / today: Had a CACKLING GOOSE and a drake REDHEAD this morning among over 1,000 waterfowl on Agawan Lake in Southampton (no Pochards present I'm afraid). Cooper's Neck Pond was completely frozen, while Halsey Neck Pond had just a few duck and 5 Pied-bille

[nysbirds-l] And AGAIN! (Orange County)

 Hello Hudson Valley Birders, For the third day in a row the 1st Year GLAUCOUS GULL was found on the waterfront in Newburgh.  Over the past three days the best time of the day to find the bird seemed to be from 3:00pm onward.  Today Curt and I and Joe Cullen and Barry Babcock met at the parking lot

[nysbirds-l] Blue Geese in Shoreham, (Suffolk)

I had sent the previous message incomplete due to being startled by a shotgun blast. I relocated the 6 Blue Geese on a sod field on Randall Road and 25 in Shoreham. This field has been holding upwards of 500 geese daily until the sod farmers get around to scare them off by gun shot. I will no l

[nysbirds-l] Post New Year Birding

Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo and I (Sy Schiff) started the new year (2 Jan) with a comprehensive birding day on Long Island. We started in Hempstead Harbor before dark and saw the TUFTED DUCK after the sun arrived. From there we went to Caumsett SP to look for Pipit without success, but did see a si

[nysbirds-l] Barriow's Goldeneye-Montauk

I observed a pair of Barrow's Goldeneye at the southern end of Lake Montauk. They were with a flock of American Goldeneye. They are visible from the end of South Lake Drive off of Rte 27. Additionally, I saw the immature Black-headed Gull that has frequented Lake Montauk for the last few weeks f

[nysbirds-l] FW: [VTBIRD] Pochard YES - Tufted - YES

Update on the POCHARD in Vermont (very near Essex County, New York). This will be the last update I will forward as those who are interested may subscribe to Vermont List serve at the address in the header below and can supply future updates as they see fit. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore, The Greene

[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Goose, V.C.Pk., Bronx Co., 1/2

Wednesday, 2 January, 2013 A Barnacle Goose, along with at least 1,000 Canada Geese had returned to the large Parade Ground field by mid-day; it and much of the flock feeding near (just east of) Broadway and just a short way north of W. 242 St., or in the SW portion of the large field. Tom Fi

[nysbirds-l] Cormorant amendment to earlier post

I must apologize that I posted a King Cormorant in Montauk, the bird was Great Cormorant. Peter Priolo Center Moriches -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigura

[nysbirds-l] South Fork LI, 1/1/13

On an afternoon trip to Montauk my fiance Julia and I saw the following: Hank's Farm b/t Southampton and Water Mill 1 Cackling Goose 1 Canada Goose with a neck band that looked home-made with the number 72 written in sharpie marker, with an aluminum USFWS leg band among 350+ Canada

[nysbirds-l] Southern Nassau County CBC, 29 Dec 2012

The Southern Nassau County CBC was conducted on Saturday, 29 December 2012, by 66 participants. The morning was nearly windless and very favorable for birding, but rain and snow began around 11:30 and greatly impeded effort thereafter. The species total was 129, slightly below our 10-year avera

[nysbirds-l] Tufted Duck - Huntington (YES)

Hi all, Nick Sly, Emilie Ospina and I, as well as several other birders saw the TUFTED DUCK this morning between 7:30 and 8:00, initially viewed from Halesite Park. It then flew south across the harbor, and was probably then best viewed from the Harbor Club parking lot (although still visible fro

[nysbirds-l] Tufted Duck (YES)...

Matt Sabatine, a visiting birder from PA reports the Tufted Duck this morning. Please see his e-mail to me below. Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com Begin forwarded message: *From:* Matt Sabatine *Date:* January 2, 2013, 8:33:35

[nysbirds-l] Tufted Duck, Huntington - YES

In front of Knutson West Marine Inc. Best, Derek Rogers Sayville Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) htt

[nysbirds-l] FW: [VTBIRD] Common Pochard update AM Jan-2-13

More for those who might be interested: -Original Message- From: Vermont Birds [mailto:vtb...@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Mead Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 8:46 AM To: vtb...@list.uvm.edu Subject: [VTBIRD] Common Pochard update Hi all, I'm now on the VT side of the Champlain Brid

[nysbirds-l] FW: [VTBIRD] Common Pochard update

More from Vermont on the Pochard on Lake Champlain at the Champlain Bridge (between NYS and VT). Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County gael...@capital.net -Original Message- From: Vermont Birds [mailto:vtb...@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Allan Strong Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013