[nysbirds-l] When in doubt, take the water route !
My main job this weekend was to help my wife (she, who was at the midpoint of a 9 day tour of duty babysitting our grandkids in Rockville Center. Before leaving for Riverhead at ~ 1530, I had my first migrant warbler of the season - a gorgeous N.Parula ! By taking the Ocean Parkway East, I was able to add 4 other seasonal firsts: 1) Brown Thrasher - JBSP West End median. 2) 2 Red Foxes - 1 to the west of the RMSP Water Tower, and 1 to the east of same. 3) 3 Foster's Terns - Captree Island. 4) Single, spectacular plumaged, male Boat-tailed Grackle at same location. While none of the above are unusual (not getting out much makes them all so special) can you imagine to what degree my verbiage would have reached if I had blundered upon yesterday's Albatross...which I didn't know about until I got home ! Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] When in doubt, take the water route !
My main job this weekend was to help my wife (she, who was at the midpoint of a 9 day tour of duty babysitting our grandkids in Rockville Center. Before leaving for Riverhead at ~ 1530, I had my first migrant warbler of the season - a gorgeous N.Parula ! By taking the Ocean Parkway East, I was able to add 4 other seasonal firsts: 1) Brown Thrasher - JBSP West End median. 2) 2 Red Foxes - 1 to the west of the RMSP Water Tower, and 1 to the east of same. 3) 3 Foster's Terns - Captree Island. 4) Single, spectacular plumaged, male Boat-tailed Grackle at same location. While none of the above are unusual (not getting out much makes them all so special) can you imagine to what degree my verbiage would have reached if I had blundered upon yesterday's Albatross...which I didn't know about until I got home ! Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
