Hi All, I must object to the characterization of this pond in Nissequogue SP as algae-covered. I've looked at several photos posted to eBird, and the pond is covered with duckweed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemnoideae To quote from the wikipedia account: "Duckwwed is an important high-protein food source for waterfowl." Deb Allen -----Original Message----- From: Amy Simmons Sent: Jul 5, 2018 12:06 PM To: NYS Bird Reports Subject: [nysbirds-l] Black-bellied Whistling Duck - still at Nissequogue River State Park, LI 12:05 pm. Still here today on the algae covered pond Amy Simmons New York, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
