The lingering Great White Heron at the Marshlands Conservancy in Rye continued today, roosting in the trees along the northern shore of Marie’s Neck during the evening high tide. After several sporadic sightings between late August and September, the bird has now been seen consistently on a daily basis since October 3rd. It’s also worth noting that this long-staying individual has apparently been staying for even longer than we initially realized: this checklist from August 1st shows photos that include the Great White, almost 3 full weeks before Phil Jeffrey’s original report to the listserv.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S92627952 Intriguing that this vagrant evidently showed up around the same time as many of the other southern waders that irrupted north this summer but has stuck around so much longer, albeit with extensive gaps between observations. Cheers! -Tim H -- 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/ --
