Princess - Prince's Annunciation - enunciation
Spell check - ? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 4, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Seth Wollney <seth.woll...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Mathew, > > This dates are when Howard Cleaves set up the houses. He had his first > colony in his front yard on Purdy Place in 1917 but took it down when he left > Staten Island. Upon his return in the early 1950's, Cleaves once again set up > houses but this time put them on Johnston Terrace where they have been since > their construction. Beside a two-three year period in the early 2000's there > have been at least a few pairs there every year. > > The proper name for the area is indeed Prince's Bay... named for which > English prince was around at the time it was named. Princess Bay is an > incorrect monicker resulting from poor annunciation. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 4, 2017, at 1:12 PM, Matthew Wills <matthewwi...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> We stopped off at the Purple Martin colony at Lemon Creek Park on Staten >> Island yesterday for the first time in four years. Glad to see the birds are >> still returning. There were fledglings out and about, and, judging from >> parents still entering nests regularly, nestlings to be fed. >> >> There are at least a half dozen Purple Martin nests in the houses; counting >> is complicated by all the coming and going. House Sparrows and European >> Starlings have taken a good number of the nest spots. >> >> In Birds of the New York Area (1964), Ball cites a long study that marked a >> single pair of nesting Purple Martins at Princess Bay* (which Lemon Creek >> feeds into) in 1917. Then nothing until 1951, when 2 pairs nested. In 1961 >> there were 50 pairs. >> >> *"Princess Bay" is found on older maps, but it is now more generally called >> "Prince's Bay." >> >> Happy 4th! >> >> Matthew >> >> Backyard and Beyond >> https://matthewwills.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> We stopped off at the Purple >> Martin colony at Lemon Creek Park on Staten Island yesterday for the first >> time >> in four years. Glad to see the martins are still returning. There were >> fledglings >> out and about, and, judging from parents still entering nests regularly, >> nestlings to be fed. There are at least a half dozen nests in the houses; >> counting is difficult with all the activity. House Sparrows and European >> Starlings have taken a good number of the nest holes. >> >> >> >> In Birds of the New York Area, Ball >> cites a single pair of nesting martins at Princess Bay (which Lemon Creek >> feeds >> into) a century ago. Then nothing until 1951, when 2 pairs nested. In 1961 >> there were 50 pairs. >> >> *"Princess Bay" is >> found on older maps, but it is now more generally called "Prince's Bay." >> >> >> >> Happy Fourth! >> >> Matthew >> >> Backyard and Beyond >> >> https://matthewwills.com >> >> -- >> >> 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 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 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/ --
