Wasn't she the villain in an early 20th c. novel?
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:18 PM Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > On 12 October Barb Borelli found and photographed a Limpkin along the > Chemung River in Elmira and reported it to eBird. This morning (22 October) > Martin Cain refound & photographed it, also along the edge of the river. > This afternoon Ann Mitchell & I went to look for it, and we were close by, > as were Adam Farid & Mike Gullo, when Jeremy Collison discovered the > Limpkin a hundred yards from the river standing and resting in the > dead-leaf-strewn floodplain forest immediately southeast of Pirozzolo Park > in an area which seemed to be associated with a culvert below the corner of > the levee. The bird was standing almost under the Japanese Knotweed which > covered the embankment above. We were surprised when it walked toward us, > coming within a few yards behind a narrow screen of knotweed, then it > turned and strolled toward the river, sometimes out in the open, and rested > again at the top of the riverbank for several minutes, remaining there when > we left at 4pm. During the 40 minutes we watched it, it was silent and > neither flew nor fed but seemed relaxed & healthy. Later observers saw it > catching worms in the leaf litter. If you seek this bird, don’t just look > at the edge of the river, look in the woods, too. Pirozzolo Park is near > the West Elmira fire station on Water Street. > This is the second NYS record for this species. The first record was just > last autumn along the Niagara River. That bird was captured just before the > deadly blizzard hit Buffalo, and I believe it was released in South > Carolina. > > - - Dave Nutter > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
