The bird was first found on the 28th by Betty Hughes and Nick Leone. Seen the same day by Jeff Bolsinger. Here is a paste of his eBird post. Eileen saw it the next day. Tom Wheeler
Sent from my iPhone American Avocet Number observed: 1 Details: Found this morning by Betty Hughes and Nick Leone. Sleeping at the edge of the pond when I arrived, then got up and foraged along the edge of the pond for about 20 minutes > On May 2, 2020, at 7:02 PM, zach schwartz-weinstein <zac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Daniel Miller <d...@dragonflycanoe.com> > Date: Sat, May 2, 2020 at 7:00 PM > Subject: [NNYBirds] American Avocet in Jefferson County > To: <nnybi...@groups.io> > > > An American Avocet was discovered a few days ago in Jefferson County, by if I > recall correctly, Brian Miller and Eileen Wheeler. It has been reported by > Jeff Bolsinger and Iain Davies as well. I looked for and found it today (May > 2). > > It is on County Route 9, just south of its intersection with SR 12E, at a > pond just north of the Wood Farms dairy barns and across from the TI High > School, and was easily seen from the road. > > Dan > _._,_._,_ > Groups.io Links: > You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#17342) | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender | Mute This > Topic | New Topic > > Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [zac...@gmail.com] > > _._,_._,_ > -- > Zach Schwartz-Weinstein > 203 500 7774 > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to 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/ --
