Hi Everyone, On the way to work today, I saw 3 groups of Brants heading North in the vicinity of Wantagh and Freeport: 2 groups of 100+ and one group of 10. I've seen much larger groups and have seen Brants until at least mid-April so perhaps this is the beginning of their trip back North.
I was at the Massapequa Preserve for about an hour Sunday and saw the continuing grey morph Screech Owl but the red morph must've been tucked away. After today, I'm no longer going to report the Screech Owls - they've been at the Preserve for 2 years (released from a rehab) and have made it their home. I didn't see the Wilson's Snipe, but it's a hit or miss thing. ***I know of one birder in past reports who apparently thinks it's "cute" to find the Snipe by "flushing" it out - please don't "locate" the Snipe this way - you know who you are.*** I also stopped at Wertheim's National Refuge in Shirley but didn't see anything unusual: Red Tailed Hawk, Green Winged Teal and Hooded Mergansers were most notable. Good birding, Rob in Massapequa http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/ This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and conditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of securities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses, confidentiality, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers, available at http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures/email. -- 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/ --
