Doing a quick records search, shows this may be one of the best days, in decades for Common Tern in the Albany area. While both Caspian and Black Terns are seen, at least a few each migration, Common Tern can go years without a single sighting, so the report of 12 at Cohoes Flats (on the Albany/Saratoga line) is truly remarkable. I also saw an alert from the Hoffman Bird Club in Western Massachusetts who had similar experiences, including Forster's Tern. These numbers are not remarkable for other parts of the state, but in this relatively land locked region, these are big numbers of Terns! Will RaupAlbany, NYDate: Mon, 2 May 2016 19:31:09 -0400 Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] more Caspian terns From: richardpguth...@gmail.com To: NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu
There was a great showing of Caspian Terns along the Hudson River upstate. There were 13 at Kingston Point (Ulster County), 1 at New Baltimore (Greene Co.); 2 at Coeymans Landing (Albany County); 1 at Cohoes Flats (Albany/Saratoga Co.) and 1 at Collins Lake (Saratoga County). Also, two Black Terns were at Coeymans Landing, and 1 at Crescent ( Mohawk River - Albany Co.). And keeping with the tern theme: 12 Common Terns at Cohoes Flats as well. Let's see if this lingers into tomorrow or if these migrants move on (with an interesting ternover to follow). Rich GuthrieNew Baltimore,The Greening Countyhttp://blog.timesunion.com/birding On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Roberta Manian <roberta.man...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, There was also a Caspian at Plum Beach in Brooklyn midday today. Bobbi ManianBrooklyn NY Karalyn Lamp saw and photographed 2 caspian terns at low tide this afternoon in wet area behind croton Harmon train station. Seem to be a (sometimes) annual occurrence for a brief period around this time of year. Maybe they'll stick for a day L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Richard Guthrie -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
