A Northern Lapwing was appearing at Salem County, New Jersey, first reported there on Dec. 21, and still being seen on Dec. 22 - apparently a (Salem, N.J.) first-county record there.
And, another Northern Lapwing has been found in Maryland (Queen Anne’s) - also from Dec. 21 and again on Dec. 22nd. Many obsevers have been to see each of these separate birds. . . . The Boston Globe has come out with a story on the extremely-rare Steller’s Sea Eagle that visited Bristol County in southeast Massachusetts - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/21/metro/weve-never-had-one-here-rare-stellers-sea-eagle-native-asia-has-been-hanging-out-around-taunton-river/ As for updates on that Sea Eagle, it’s not been mentioned as continuing, in that state’s list-serve, beyond 1 *report* noted from early on Dec. 21st which although an eBird report, seems not to have made it to the RBA for that county, state, or the “ABA” national rare-birds alert for North American rarities (which of course, any Steller’s Sea Eagle sighting is one of) - there had been hundreds of reports on the Steller’s by as many observers, for Monday, Dec. 20th. The Sea Eagle may perhaps still be in that area, and it is also possible it had started roaming again. “Eyes to the Skies”! . . . . During the Lower Hudson C.B.C., for which 2 states are included in the coverage; part on the western = New Jersey side of the lower Hudson river and part in New York County (on the eastern = N.Y. City side of the river) a duo of *Sandhill Cranes* were seen and beautifully-photographed as they went in a s.-w. direction past Jersey City, N.J. - this is a great sighting for that part of N.J., and for the particular county over which they were seen & documented (Hudson Co., N.J.) and a super addition as well to the entire bird count. Find a checklist with photo at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S99127167 <https://ebird.org/checklist/S99127167> - congrat’s to the team that were able to see these 2 birds. For the photo on its’ own in the Macaulay Library archive, see: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/397320621 <https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/397320621> Many other sightings were made for the overall Lower Hudson count, and further reports may also come in from the count-week period, as that count concludes the 7-day period at the end of 12/22. - - - For those who have not read, or perhaps had not known Bryan Pfeiffer’s writing & photography - this is just one piece, and he’s penned a lot of eloquent and thoughtful other writing, and posted a lot of gorgeous photos, on this blog-site. This (my opinion) is worth a close and reflective read, and whether or not one agrees with all that’s written there. [N.B., yes I too have been to see Five-stripeds and on that same road. Many, many, moons ago… Meanwhile, that species is still to be found there - as well as in the *main* Mexican range of that species.] https://bryanpfeiffer.com/2021/12/02/birdwatchings-carbon-problem/ <https://bryanpfeiffer.com/2021/12/02/birdwatchings-carbon-problem/> Good birds & good health to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
