I just got to Abington sq took subway from midtown give it a shot. No luck in 5 minutes. Two young birders rigged out in Swarovski and big camera got in from CT early this am spending most time around Jane + Washington - NO kingbird for them all day. On way to Washington and Jane passed 3 more birders been at it "a couple of hours" NO sighting. Lots of people with bins at wash + Jane. Breaking my don't chase rarities honored in the breach today my 10 minutes (so far) has yielded no better luck. I too had been hoping someone would have posted earlier but most folks apparently don't like bad news I guess. Kind of odd in this world.
L Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone On Dec 29, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Angus Wilson <oceanwander...@gmail.com<mailto:oceanwander...@gmail.com>> wrote: I've not seen any posting positive or negative today. In view of the considerable regional interest in this exciting visitor, I think it would be nice gesture if folks visiting the spot today and onwards could post regular updates, even if negative. At a minimum a broadcast after the first sighting of the day indicating that the bird survived the night would be most welcome, especially to those traveling from afar. Hour-by-hour updates seems like overkill at this point (and would be tiresome to other users of this list), but networking among folks on site (as proposed by Hugh McGuinness yesterday) makes sense. Also, many people have obtained superb images of the bird and it would helpful if these could be submitted to NYSARC for review and archiving. Images showing the spread wings with the primary tips in sharp focus would be especially valuable. Likewise we'd appreciate images clearly showing the bill, tail notch and of course, clear recordings of the all important vocalizations. Submission details can be found on our website http://nybirds.org/NYSARC/ Thanks and good luck. -- Angus Wilson Chair, New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) -- 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/ --
