[nysbirds-l] A.M. yea _ P.M. nay
This morning between doctor's appointments in Riverhead, I stopped at Merritt's Pond. The usual geese & ducks were present, plus a group of 15 Snow Geese, 3 of which, were blue morphs. Looking upon this as the A.M's. 2nd of 3 good signs (both check-ups OK) I headed down to gyrfalcon territory, and thereby giving a new meaning to "heading south" ! Checking every likely spot (in view) from the Ocean Pkwy entrance to the Cedar Beach Marina, I struck out ! Finding Bill Hanley & Pat Santinello there, I soon learned of their present and earlier misses at Gilgo, etc. Not having much time to linger, I, along with Pat, headed west in hope of getting both the falcon, and possibly the N.Shrike. Well, the "Friday the 13th" mumbo-jumbo kicked in, as we continued to be almost shut-out. An adult Peregrine Falcon on an Osprey platform w/o the Gilgo Beach Marina kept us from being "horse-collared" ! Returning to the CBM, we found Bill still there, in addition to 3 other birders...all of whom were sharing our lack of luck ! I left soon after, hoping I could be their sacrificial lamb ! Cheers, Bob! -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] A.M. yea _ P.M. nay
This morning between doctor's appointments in Riverhead, I stopped at Merritt's Pond. The usual geese ducks were present, plus a group of 15 Snow Geese, 3 of which, were blue morphs. Looking upon this as the A.M's. 2nd of 3 good signs (both check-ups OK) I headed down to gyrfalcon territory, and thereby giving a new meaning to heading south ! Checking every likely spot (in view) from the Ocean Pkwy entrance to the Cedar Beach Marina, I struck out ! Finding Bill Hanley Pat Santinello there, I soon learned of their present and earlier misses at Gilgo, etc. Not having much time to linger, I, along with Pat, headed west in hope of getting both the falcon, and possibly the N.Shrike. Well, the Friday the 13th mumbo-jumbo kicked in, as we continued to be almost shut-out. An adult Peregrine Falcon on an Osprey platform w/o the Gilgo Beach Marina kept us from being horse-collared ! Returning to the CBM, we found Bill still there, in addition to 3 other birders...all of whom were sharing our lack of luck ! I left soon after, hoping I could be their sacrificial lamb ! Cheers, Bob! -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
