As we were leaving, we saw Pete Morris arriving, and we couldn't resist joining
Doug and him for some more effort.
Compiling observations for the day yields the following remarkable numbers for
Robert Moses SP yesterday:
Great Shearwater 669
Cory's Shearwater 48
Manx Shearwater 8
Sooty Shearw
The last few days have featured a very strong high pressure system south of
Newfoundland and a prolonged easterly flow toward the Mid Atlantic Coast
which then curves to southerly up the coast from the Bahamas to the New
England coast. The placement of this high pressure system and its strength
is
A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link
(I'm not sure if links work / are allowed). This may have been a factor
regarding the movement of the shearwaters?
http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/large-swell-lights-up-africa-continues-on-to-east-coast-of-usa-yes-n
Also, I saw my first Long Island land based great shearwater yesterday thanks
to those posting. Thanks for the reports.
Chase
Babylon
> On Jun 19, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Chase wrote:
>
> A large storm formed a few days ago off of South Africa as shown in the link
> (I'm not sure if links work /
This morning, 90 minutes of seawatching from Shinnecock Inlet and Tiana Beach
produced but a lone shearwater sp., evidence that the recent anomalous
distribution is continuing. We did however have 7 Parasitic Jaegers from Tiana
Beach, 3 of which teamed up to harass a Herring Gull very close to
Hearing and seeing for myself this morning the troubles encountered by many
shearwaters, I was puzzled as I thought just what Shai mentioned - that the
wind speeds were never in the range that would cause them difficulties. To
my recollection, few, if any, were seen after Hurricane Irene (when
ever
* New York* Syracuse
- June 19, 2017
* NYSY 06.19.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):June 12, 2017 -
June 19, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY
counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands
Complex (MWC) (just ou
This was in today's Star Gazette and might be of interest to some here. If not
allowed, please delete.
Waste treatment facility threatens eagles, other birds
Did you know that there’s an active bald eagle nest in the Catharine Marsh
between Watkins Glen and Montour Falls?
The bad news
Excited by today's earlier posts, and aided by an 1 & 1/2 hour break
between setting tables up and serving dinner at a Riverhead Soup Kitchen, I
bolted down to the Tiana Beach Area along Dune Rd., Hampton Bays in pursuit
of a pelagic or two ! While striking out on that hunt, I did have a single,
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