[nysbirds-l] Report of a single Evening Grosbeak
I received a call on Friday afternoon from a friend in Quogue re: a specie of bird she had never seen before. Pat Reindl is more a gardener than she is a birder, but through the years she has encountered a number of unfamiliar birds, which she has called me on...to our mutual benefit. Today's exercise continued our record of success ! Starting with the details that caught her eye, ie, colors, size and posture, combined with my comments, she then moved on to Peterson's Field Guide (via the internet), which gave her the confidence, and satisfaction, to be able to call (with certainty) an adult, male EVGR ! The bird was seen on Thursday at ~ 1030, didn't stay long and hasn't been seen since. Pat has promised to call if the grosbeak returns, but it is now probably way north of L.I. Coincidently, my last sighting of an Evening Grosbeak on L.I. was in E.Quogue on 4/21/07 - also a singleton ! Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Report of a single Evening Grosbeak
I received a call on Friday afternoon from a friend in Quogue re: a specie of bird she had never seen before. Pat Reindl is more a gardener than she is a birder, but through the years she has encountered a number of unfamiliar birds, which she has called me on...to our mutual benefit. Today's exercise continued our record of success ! Starting with the details that caught her eye, ie, colors, size and posture, combined with my comments, she then moved on to Peterson's Field Guide (via the internet), which gave her the confidence, and satisfaction, to be able to call (with certainty) an adult, male EVGR ! The bird was seen on Thursday at ~ 1030, didn't stay long and hasn't been seen since. Pat has promised to call if the grosbeak returns, but it is now probably way north of L.I. Coincidently, my last sighting of an Evening Grosbeak on L.I. was in E.Quogue on 4/21/07 - also a singleton ! Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
