I used to go to Tom’s shorebird program every fall- sometimes we would top it
off with a stop at The Big Bow-Wow on Cross Bay Blvd!
Mike Cooper
Ridge, LI
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> On Aug 18, 2022, at 5:14 PM, rc...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
>
>
> For all his rambunctious energy, and finger-tip expertise, Tom Davis is much
> missed.
>
> I showed a pelagic photo at a Linnaean program in 1980s, when Tom (as host)
> was in a wheelchair. I popped up an Atlantic jaeger shot and watched Tom
> wriggle a bit uncomfortably. “Wait,” he said finally, “that’s a juvenile
> Long-tailed.” This was a brave declaration in front on an auditorium of
> critical specialists. (In those days, available ID info on jaegers was
> comparatively rudimentary, even for adults, to say nothing of juveniles.) But
> right he was. His expertise and confidence gained my instant respect – as did
> his various field calls and findings over the years, for so many.
>
> We all stand on the shoulders of early leaders like Tom (and Barbara).
>
> Forgive a late summer reminiscence,
> Rick
>
> From: ebirds...@groups.io <ebirds...@groups.io> On Behalf Of Andrew Baksh
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 12:58 PM
> To: Glenn Quinn <gle...@verizon.net>
> Cc: NYSBIRDS_L <nysbirds-l@cornell.edu>; NycEbirds <ebirds...@groups.io>
> Subject: Re: [ebirdsnyc] [nysbirds-l] 1977 White Ibis
>
> Thanks for sharing Glenn. Terrific read about legendary folks in this game
> of ours.
>
> I always marvel at the luck and blessings some of you had growing up with and
> enjoying field time with some of the best.
>
> Cheers,
>
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> On Aug 16, 2022, at 12:47 PM, Glenn Quinn <gle...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> Well. Bob’s ibis post just made me feel old!! Actually, I’m only 59 but I
> started birding 47 years ago.
>
> In July of 1977, 7 immature White Ibis appeared in Mount Sinai harbor where
> they remained for over a month. On July 19th, 1977, I found a lone immature
> White Ibis in the salt marsh at Prospect Point (Sands Point, Nassau County).
> Despite being very young, I immediately knew what it was. I rode my bike
> home, and called up Barbara Spencer, my birding mentor and the preeminent
> birder in all of New York State at the time. She came the next day (I had
> found the bird in the evening the day before), and for good measure dragged
> another genius birder with her in Tom Davis. Fortunately, the bird was still
> there and they photographed it and published the photos in the Kingbird.
> Barbara, not to be outdone by her young protégé, promptly found a Franklin’s
> Gull a few hundred feet away from the ibis. This is what she did, regularly….
>
>
> Coincidentally, 1977 was also the year that a Bar-tailed Godwit showed up on
> Long Island, in August at Oak Beach Marsh, and an Anhinga was seen over
> Middle Line Island in July…….
>
>
>
> The ibis and godwit are both documented in the Fall 1977 issue of the
> Kingbird. Oddly, the 1977 Mount Sinai ibis don’t appear anywhere on eBird.
> This is a glaring omission and maybe somebody that saw them (and is still
> living) can enter them into the eBird database.
>
> Anyway, just thought this information would make useful reading!
>
> Cheers,
> Glenn
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