This morning, I birded a cold Sands Point Preserve (Nassau) from about 8:20AM to 11AM.
A small group of 4 Common Goldeneye very close to shore had a single female Barrow's Goldeneye with them. Goldeneye in this location are normally further out in the sound and I usually don't make any attempt to discern females to species. These birds were only about 100 feet offshore and it made identification a much easier task, even with only 10X binoculars. Landbirds were really scarce but on my second circuit of the mostly frozen pond, I found an Eastern Phoebe and a Gray Catbird at the northern end of the pond, and a Fox Sparrow by the wood garden just west of Hempstead House. eBird report here, with my notes on the Goldeneye: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51644572 Cheers, Glenn -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
