Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 07:18 by Nick Dawson
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302734388
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "UPDATE (2/22/2026): Updating the ID to a Barrow's based on the input of someone who knows a lot better than me. This bird was drifting south when observed on 2/21, and was not seen again and maybe the same bird seen by Jeff G at Ceasar's Bay Bazaar (https://ebird.org/checklist/S297618460) ... which may also be the same bird seen by Terry VP in Gravesend Bay and PW at Calvert Vaux. N.B. When I visited Bush on 2/22, this individual was no longer present, so it's possible that it is a bird that's ranging widely on either side of the Verrazano.
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Probably just a hen Common, but adding a few photos here just in case."
"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!"
-- Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 07:18 by Nick Dawson
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302734388
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "UPDATE (2/22/2026): Updating the ID to a Barrow's based on the input of someone who knows a lot better than me. This bird was drifting south when observed on 2/21, and was not seen again and maybe the same bird seen by Jeff G at Ceasar's Bay Bazaar (https://ebird.org/checklist/S297618460) ... which may also be the same bird seen by Terry VP in Gravesend Bay and PW at Calvert Vaux. N.B. When I visited Bush on 2/22, this individual was no longer present, so it's possible that it is a bird that's ranging widely on either side of the Verrazano.
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Probably just a hen Common, but adding a few photos here just in case."
"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!"
-- Thomas Wentworth Higginson
