Hi all, Gail's hunch about the Curlew Sandpiper unfortunately, turned out to be true. The bird was not present at Mecox today. At least not during the morning hours when Richard Aracil, Brian Padden, David Burgh and I searched for it. We did however bump in to its original finder, Jim Ash, which was nice because he shared his knowledge on local birding. During a quick stop after Mecox we picked up a Marbled Godwit along Dune Road.
Anders Peltomaa Manhattan On Aug 24, 2013 7:33 PM, "Gail Benson" <gbenso...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tom Burke and I enjoyed nice views of the Curlew Sandpiper for an hour > during which the Curlew took 3 flights with some peeps out towards the > sea, each time ultimately returning to the flats. Around 7 pm, while > watching with John Shemilt, the bird took off on its own and headed > straight out to sea. After that we did not see it back on the flats by the > time we left. Later 20 Cory's Shearwaters were milling about offshore. A > Whimbrel also flew by earlier. Gail Benson > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
