Brooklyn & Queens 9 January Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went to Floyd Bennett Field, checked for the shrike without success and headed over to the boat ramp. There we found 2 RED-NECKED GREBE out in the bay. A birder we met at the site came by as we drove scanning the edges for the shrike and pointed us to a COOPER'S HAWK (thanks). When we got back to the original spot, the NORTHERN SHRIKE was perched on top of the bird box with the broken raccoon shield. It stayed long enough for us to study it before dropping into the shrubbery behind.
Our next stop was Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. A lone male COMMON MERGANSER on the East Pond was interesting We could only find LESSER SCAUP on the East Pond. Lots of GREATER on both ponds. A "V" of SNOW GEESE flew over the West Pond and latter we saw some flying around on the East Pond. We missed both Goldeneye species and the Eared Grebe (seen earlier) that had drifted too far out in the bay to ID. While cold, it didn't' seem like a Winter day, what with the shimmering heat waves of light off the water. Good birding. Sy -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
