I'm surprised no one has responded. I'll report what I know.
I searched for the gull on Saturday morning. The wind and cold were brutal. I
was there from around 8:30 to 12:00. No luck.
I went at that time because I read last week that the bird seemed to show up
before high tide. The best r
Hi everyone,
The Southern Nassau County Christmas Bird Count was conducted on Saturday, 2
January 2010, by 49+ participants. This represents the 70th time this CBC has
been held since its inception in 1932 (there were several years with no count
during the 1930s and 1940s). References to “recen
Jones Beach and Pt. Lookout 4 Jan
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went to Jones Beach before noon and stopped by
Pt. Lookout on our return. An interesting Winter Birding day. An abbeviated
annotated list follows
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SPECIES SEEN
Common Eider, ~60 in two groups off Pt. Lookout (PL) jetties
Harleq
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* January 04, 2010
* NYSY 0401.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
December 28, 2009 - January 04, 2010
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex
Yesterday morning I joined Tom Kerr and Manny (didn't get the last name) for
the CBC walk in Willow Lake Park. Among other things, a COMMON MERGANSER was
spotted on the water and Tom suggested that this might be a sighting of
interest.
With the wind and cold, we didn't get too much on the land alt