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New York Rarities:
Western grebe, Wolfe's Pond Park, Staten Island, 4/5/2002. More: # 1, # 2; The full story on Angus Wilson's web site here.
Cackling goose, 1/9/2005, Lido Beach. Size comparison with Canada goose. NEW
Ross's goose, Zach's Bay, Jones Beach, 11/10/2002. Another shot.
Two adult greater white-fronted geese, Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, 2/21/04.
More shots: One bird; the other.
Wilson's plover, 6/8/2003, Mecox. More shots: # 1, # 2.
Black-tailed godwit (first NY State record), Seatuck Creek, Eastport, 4/6/2001. Another shot here. Bar-tailed godwit, Mecox, 5/29/2004.
Wilson's phalarope, Massapequa Preserve, 11/27/2003 (a very late date).
White-winged dove, Cedarhurst, 10/20/2001.
Calliope hummingbird (first NY State record). Ft. Tryon Park, Manhattan,
12/3/2001 (one of two birds, both immature males). Another shot. Nice!.
Hermit warbler, or "HETO" warbler, Jones Beach Central Mall, 11/29/2002.
This bird is probably a Hermit-Townsend's warbler hybrid.
More shots: Right side; frontal # 1; # 2; rear. More on Angus Wilson's web site here, and Kevin McGowan's web site here.
Mountain bluebird, 11/21/2004, Robert Moses State Park. Another shot. NEW
Cassin's sparrow (first NY State Record), 10/9/2000, Jones Beach Field 6. The full story on Angus Wilson's web site here.
Purple gallinule, Stone Harbor, NJ, 5/15/2004.
Others not so rare:
American avocet, Mecox, 9/4/2004.
Summer tanager, Forest Park, Queens, 5/1/2004.
Jamaica Bay: Green heron, 7/17/2004. First-year bald eagle , 8/9/2002.
Juvenile Baird's sandpiper, 8/25/2002. More: # 1; # 2. Sora, 7/26/2003.
Juvenile red-necked phalarope, 8/23/2003. Another shot.
Female king eider, 3/16/2003. Wood Duck, 4/10/2004. Nice!
Common nighthawk, 5/18/2003. Yellow-bellied sapsucker, 4/10/2004.
Solitary sandpiper, 5/17/2004. Another shot.
Jones Beach: Black skimmers, West End, September 2002. Nice!
Cape May warbler, 10/5/2003, West End. Dickcissel, Field 6, 11/4/2001.
Point Lookout:
Horned grebes, 3/27/2004. Purple sandpipers, 1/18/2003; Dovekie, 2/5/2003.
Piping plovers, Pikes Beach, 7/5/2003: # 1; # 2.
Red-necked grebe Nice! Another in breeding plumage, Captree State Park, 3/7/2003.
Buff-breasted sandpipers, 8/31/2002, Mecox. Another shot.
Grasshopper sparrow, 6/8/2002, Calverton. Another shot; Caught an insect.
Drake Eurasian wigeon, with American wigeon, 1/26/2002, Floyd Bennett Field,
Brooklyn. Drake redhead, Swan Pond, Patchogue, 1/14/2002.
Wilson's snipe, Massapequa Preserve, 11/22/2001.
White-eyed vireo on nest, Cape May, NJ, May 2001. Another shot.
Monk parakeets, Flatbush, October 2001. Another here.
Gulls and Owls have been moved to the Photo Archive.
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