Last weekend I tried unsuccessfully for Blue-winged Teal at Hempstead Lake STPK. Armed with new intel that they had been found in not one but TWO different locations on long Island, as well as a Pipit, I made plans to try before work on Tuesday the 26th.
Capt'n Bob met me and we went looking at the first location, a nothing of a pond in Brookhaven. It was devoid of any quackitude, but picturesque nonetheless. We beat a hasty retreat to East Hampton where we located a construction pit adjacent to the Nature Conservancy HQ. There as promised were 4 Blue-winged Teal.
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| Blue-winged Teal |
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From here we next tried the farm stand a short distance off where a Pipit had been reported. these birds sure have been hard to pin down this year; I have looked for them specifically on no less than 8 occasions. And this made the 9th without success.
But Bob nevertheless, is out standing in the field.
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| Where the heck are the pipits? |
PS. the next morning on the way to the office I got a call from Steve Schellenger, that the Blue-winged Teal previously reported at Hempstead had been relocated. Sheesh!
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