A nice array of geese were seen on Belmont Lake this morning. I first arrived at 8:00 AM and quickly picked out 2 CACKLING GEESE, both separate from one another.
At about 8:10, I watched 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE fly in from the west and land in the center of the lake. One of the two birds was a juvenile (partially developed "front") and the other an adult. Perhaps the juvenile found the lingering adult that has been seen in the area. I also feel there's a chance that these are 2 new birds, as Chase only noted 1 adult bird yesterday evening. There are many geese in this vicinity. The white-fronteds only stayed on the lake for about 10 minutes before flying off. Finally, the BARNACLE GOOSE drifted out from behind the north islands and remained on site when I left the park at 8:30. Good Goosin' http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/39025168@N07/ Derek Rogers Sayville -- 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-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
